Joseph Sattler Ex libris Philipp zu Eulenburg

Joseph Kaspar Sattler (20 July 1867,

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- 12 May 1931,

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) was a German painter,

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artist and

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illustrator. He is best remembered for his work that appeared in the magazine '' Pan''.Brief biography of Joseph Sattler
@ the

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website.

Biography

After an apprenticeship as a painter and gilder in

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, he studied at the

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and became a free-lance artist. He produced a wide variety of illustrative material and briefly worked for the "

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" (Imperial Printing Office). An old friendship with

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led him to the

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in 1891, where he was briefly retained as a drawing instructor. After that, he was able to publish his works under the aegis of

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and, with the support of

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, participated in the

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.Amis de Cercle Saint Léonard: Biography and appreciation of Sattler
/ref> In 1894, the magazine ''

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'' arranged an invitation for him to exhibit at the

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. Three years later, he designed the "Nibelungenschrift" (a

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), which was used for his monumental work "Die Nibelungen", displayed at the

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. Only 200 copies were ever printed. He also devised a familiar Art Nouveau font that is named after him.MyFonts: Sample of "Sattler AS"
/ref> He returned to Strasbourg in 1904 and was appointed a Professor at the École in 1917. After the war, he moved to Munich where he lived with his sister and studied lithography. In addition to '' Pan'' (one of his posters was published in ''

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''), many of his illustrations appeared in ''

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''.

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Work online

* ''Ein moderner Totentanz : in 16 Bildern'', one of only 100 numbered copies. Stargardt, Berlin 1912
Digitalized version
by the

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)

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"The Book-Plate Art of Joseph Sattler", by W. G. Bowdoin
From "The Collector", Vol.12 #4, @ Google Books. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sattler, Joseph 1867 births 1931 deaths German illustrators Art Nouveau illustrators

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