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In 1923 came a several thousand works more comprehensive Inventory in the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum Krefeld:The German Museum for Art in Trade and Industry (DM) - maybe the first design collection ever. At the extensive collection is a sample collection exemplary design, which is the significant Hagen patron and collector Karl Ernst Osthaus between 1909 and 1919 with financial and non-material support of the Deutscher Werkbund. This succeeded in cooperation with pioneering artists and Designers of his time such as Peter Behrens, Henry van de Velde, Walter Gropius, Richard Riemerschmid, Clara and Fritz H. Ehmcke, Josef Hoffmann and many others. So reflects the collection of poster art, book design, glass, Ceramics, silver, photographs and advertising graphics the cultural history of the early 20th century is impressively reflected.

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Book category Books in English The arts The arts: general issues

• Full title: The Grand Seduction. Karl Ernst Osthaus and the Beginnings of Consumer Culture
• Subtitle: Catalog for the exhibition in the Kaiser Wilhelm Haus, Kunstmuseen Krefeld 2023/2024
• Author: Ina Ewers-Schultz, Ina Ewers-Schultz, Magdalena Holzhey, Magdalena Holzhey, Katia Baudin, Katia Baudin, Gerda Breuer, Renate Flagmeier, Reinhold Happel, Christiane Lamberty
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 360
• EAN: 9783868327663
• ID: 43633183
• Publisher: Wienand Verlag
• Dimensions: 240 × 170 mm
• Date of publishing: 31. October 2023

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