Joost Schmidt (

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, 5 January 1893 -

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, 2 December 1948) was a German typographer, a teacher or master at the

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, and later a professor at the College of Visual Arts,

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. He was a visionary typographer and graphic designer who is best known for designing the famous poster for the 1923 Bauhaus Exhibition in Weimar, Germany.

Studies

Schmidt studied art at the Grand-Ducal Saxon Academy of Fine Art in Weimar, before becoming a student at the Bauhaus School from 1919–1925, training in the wood-carving workshop. He became the master student of

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and received his diploma in painting in the winter semester of 1913/1914.

Teaching

Joost Schmidt taught

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at the school from 1925–1932; head of the sculpture workshop from 1928-1930. He was also head of the Advertising, Typography, Printing, and associated Photography department from 1928 to 1932. In the years of 1929-1930, he taught life and figure drawing classes for upper division work.

Family

Joost was one of three children, and endured a difficult upbringing. He pursued his work as a graphic designer despite much resistance from the Nazis. After receiving his diploma in 1914 in painting, he served in the military and was briefly a prisoner of war until he returned to his work in Germany in 1918. In 1925, he married the Bauhaus student Helene Nonne.

Gallery

File:Joost-schmidt-mechanical-stage-design-1925-1926-ink-and-tempera-on-paper-64-x-44-cm1.jpg, ''Mechanical stage design'' by Joost Schmidt 1925. File:Joost Schmidt Bauhausheft 7 1926.jpg, Booklett cover by Joost Schmidt 1926.

References

Academic staff of the Bauhaus German typographers and type designers 1893 births 1948 deaths People from Wunstorf {{Germany-academic-bio-stub