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Otto Arpke (16 October 1886 – 4 December 1943) was a graphic artist, illustrator, painter, and teacher at the Kunst- und Gewerbeschule in 
Mainz
Mainz () is the capital and largest city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Mainz is on the left bank of the Rhine, opposite to the place that the Main joins the Rhine. Downstream of the confluence, the Rhine flows to the north-west, with Ma ...
. Arpke was famous for his designs for the movie Das Kabinet des Dr Caligari and posters for the North German Lloyd
Norddeutscher Lloyd (NDL; North German Lloyd) was a German shipping company. It was founded by Hermann Henrich Meier and Eduard Crüsemann in Bremen on 20 February 1857. It developed into one of the most important German shipping companies of t ...
shipping line. He designed one type face, Arpke Antiqua (1928, Shriftguss type foundry) which is available in digital form as ''Taiko.''
See also
*List of German painters
This is a list of German painters.
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* Hans von Aachen (1552–1615)
* Aatifi (born 1965)
* Karl Abt (1899–1985)
* Tomma Abts (born 1967)
* Andreas Achenbach (1815–1910)
* Oswald Achenbach (1827 ...
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* 1886 births 1943 deaths German poster artists German typographers and type designers 20th-century German painters 20th-century German male artists German male painters {{Germany-painter-stub