National Children's Week

Méhely Iván

Erscheinungsdatum: 1936

Beschreibung

Size: Pre-war 1 Sheet (cca. 95 x 63 cm). National Children s Week is a Modernist poster from 1936 designed by Ivan Mehely Ivan Mehely was an extremely versatile graphic designer His first posters were published in the mid 1930s His style was a unique blend of the clear Modernist and Art Deco poster style of the 1920s and 1930s He frequently designed posters for theaters commercial products and a poster series for the National Children s Week This poster was one part of the poster series created for the 1936 National Children s Week which was held in Budapest from the 3rd until the 10th of May The design centers around a child figure holding three balls on which the sign the title and the date of the occassion can be seen The typographic design is a clever idea which is typical of the artist The child is captured in front of a white background wearing a traditional folk costume and boots singing out loud The shape of the dress and the pattern at the bottom of it refers to Hungarian nationality The colours of the balls are the national colours red white and green This is how the artist cleverly incorporated childhood and nationality in one design The simple shapes and plain forms of the design are characteristics of the modernist poster style which was one of the most important trends in the interwar period The use of colour spray was a new invention in modernist posters in the 1930s but soon it became typical The text can be seen in a green panel beneath it informed audience about the location of the event The whole composition is a mature and concentrated design Fine, restored, fold marks, stains, backed on linen. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 345

Bibliografische Details

Titel: National Children's Week

Erscheinungsdatum: 1936

Einband: Paper, stone lithography.