Julius Klinger (22 May 1876 – 1942) was an

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n painter, draftsman, illustrator, commercial graphic artist, typographer and writer. Klinger studied at the Technologisches Gewerbemuseum HTL in

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Career

Early works in Vienna and Munich

Klinger was born in Dornbach near

. In 1895, he found his first employment with the

fashion magazine ''Wiener Mode''. Here he made acquaintance with

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, who later would be his teacher; Moser recommended him to the ''

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''.Julius Klinger (Wien 22. 5. 1976-1942?)
, biographical entry with the

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1896 saw him moving to

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where he worked as an illustrator for the ''Meggendorfer-Blätter'' and others. From 1897 to 1902 he was a collaborator to the eponymous

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magazine '' Die Jugend''.

Berlin

In 1897 he relocated to Berlin, where he worked extensively as a commercial graphic artist until 1915. Together with the printing house Hollerbaum und Schmidt, he developed a new fashion of functional poster design that soon gained him international reputation. In 1912 he designed the poster for the ''Rund um Berlin'' air show in Johannisthal. In Berlin he also contributed to ''Das kleine Witzblatt'', ''

Lustige Blätter ''Lustige Blätter'' (German: ''Comic Pages'') was a satirical magazine published between 1885 and 1944 in Berlin. Its subtitle was ''schönstes buntes Witzblatt Deutschlands'' (German: ''Germany's most beautiful colorful humor paper''). Histor ...

'' and ''Das Narrenschiff'' humorous magazines.

Advertising campaign for the "Tabu" company

Beginning in 1918, Klinger designed a comprehensive and noted campaign promoting the "Tabu" company's cigarette rolling paper, that was advertised all over Vienna in 1918/19. Klinger devised a promotional strategy, spanning from small-sized newspaper advertisements to billboards and painted firewalls – construction site fences and winterized fountain paneling were used as advertising space, too.Plakat: Julius Klinger: Tabu, 1919
,

, 2003

Nazi persecution

Klinger was persecuted by the

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because he was Jewish. According to Viennese police records, he and his wife Emilie were registered as "Moved to

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" on 2 June 1942. This designation was synonymous during the Nazi era with deportation. Large numbers of Viennese Jews were murdered at the

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near Minsk. It is presumed that Julius and Emilie suffered this fate in 1942 or soon after. Klinger's final poster was designed towards the end of 1937 for the Ankerbrot-Werke factory. The Jewish-owned company was transferred to "Aryan" proprietors in 1938; after 1945 legitimate ownership was restored. In 1982, ''Klingerstraße'' in Vienna-

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was named after him.

Literature

* Anita Kühnel: ''Julius Klinger – Bilderheft der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin'' (Catalogue of the

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), Gebr. Mann, Berlin, 1999

Gallery

Image:Julius Klinger-Poster Tabu, 1919.JPG, Image:Julius Klinger WWI poster.jpg, Image:Klinger-Johannisthal-1908.jpg, Image:Julius Klinger - Hermanns & Froitzheim - Google Art Project.jpg, Image:Klinger-Tabu-1919.JPG, Poster for "Tabu" cigarette paper (1919) Image:Julius Klinger-Elida-1921.jpg, Poster for "Elida" toilet soap (1921) Image:Julius Klinger - Wiener Messe, 1922.JPG, Image:Klinger-M. E. Mayer Rasierklingen.JPG, Image:Klinger-Parfümeriefabrik Pessl, 1923.JPG, Poster of the Viennese perfume company Pessl (1923) Image:Constancy - Julius Klinger.jpg,

External links

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Dr.Wiles-Worris – Weil's woah is
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Der Standard ''Der Standard'' () is an Austrian daily newspaper published in Vienna. It is considered a newspaper of record for Austria. History and profile ''Der Standard'' was founded by Oscar Bronner as a financial newspaper and published its first editio ...

, 12. November 1999 * Anita Kühnel
Julius Klinger – Poster Artist and Draftsman

Notes

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