Tag Archives: 1940s

Art typing by Charles R Cannoni, 1930s and 1940s. Pics by reesocles.

Cover from the book Art Typing by Julius Nelson 1940.
More info here. Pic by Janine Vangool.

Rödbroka by Ann-Mari Forsberg, 1944.

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JOSEF ALBERS 

BRICK WALL DETAIL, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, 1949-50

One of Pablo Picasso’s contributions to the book Poésie de mots inconnus (Poetry of Unknown Words), 1949. From The Ernest C. Steefel Collection of Graphic Art.

More texty Picasso posts here.

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Ottmar Mergenthaler (the inventor of Linotype) and some kind of Belgian priest? Seems to have been made by art students in Ghent in the 1940s. Filip De Haes took these photos of Grafiek issue 11 and 12, published by HIGRO in the late 40s. Via.

Paroisse Ste-Marguerite, Magog, Quebec (Canada), built in 1949.
Photo by decopix

Works by Josef Albers in the 1940s. This article discusses its ties with ancient Mesoamerican art.

Typewriter art by Winifred T. Caldwell from 1944-1971.

KEYBOARD ART By Paul Hadley (1948)