Ludwig Hohlwein The Beggarstaffs, and the Modern poster




The first post is one done by the Beggarstaffs and the second is one by Ludwig Hohlwein. The third is is an advertisement for the annual pig jig music festival in Tampa. The fourth is a poster for an art exhibition titled "Rebel Machines".  All of the posters use the blocks of color that made the posters done by the Beggarstaffs so different and groundbreaking for the time. The third and fourth posters use the very modern graphic look of flat colors and hard edges that Hohlwein uses in many of his posters. He and the Beggarstaffs were the first to use this modern style of block colors and although these styles were not popular at the time due to the fact that the art novae style poster style was popular and much more ornate, now this style is very popular in poster design as it gives the posters a modern and edgy look. The main difference I see between the new and older posters is the newer once had a very vibrant color scheme. 

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