Louis Oppenheim Explained

Louis Oppenheim
Occupation:German graphic artist, painter and type designer
Birth Place:Coburg
Birth Date:1879

Louis Oppenheim (1879–1936) was a German graphic artist, painter and type designer.Born in Coburg, Oppenheim studied in London from 1899 to 1906. He moved to Berlin and started his work as a graphic artist in 1910, signing his work with his initials, "LO" and working for clients such as AES, the Reichsbahn, Persil and Adrema. His posters are considered a significant product of the 'Berlin poster style'. Oppenheim worked for the type foundry Berthold and created a handful of significant and widespread typefaces, all of which share modernist characteristics, such as Lo-Type and Fanfare which are still in wide use today.[1] Also, he designed the first coin of the Weimar Republic in 1919.[2]

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  1. Book: Friedl, Ott Stein . Typography – when who how . 1998 . Könemann . 3-89508-473-5 .
  2. Book: Grosser Deutscher Münzkatalog von 1800 bis heute. 3-89441-469-3. Battenberg Verlag. München. Paul Arnold, Harald Küthmann und Dirk Steinhilber. 2000. 498.