Johann Baptist Maier (1881 - 1957)
1881-06-30Regensburg, Germany1957-10-25Munich, GermanyGermany
Johann Baptist Maier
Johann Baptist Maier was a German commercial artist and painter. In 1905 he was a prize winner in a competition for advertising designs for joint advertising by the entrepreneurs Ludwig Stollwerck and Otto Henkell. Maier designed a number of covers for the magazine Die Dame and the 1922 book calendar. Maier worked in Munich from 1909 to 1942. He was a member of the second group The Six and the New Association of Munich Poster Artists. Johann Baptist Maier designed posters for the Marco Polo Tee, for the Kieler Herbstwoche, for the Fliege Blatter, Sporthaus Schuster Munich, among others. Between 1906 and 1925 he supplied almost 700 drawings for the Meggendorfer-Blätter.
Date and place of birt: | 30 june 1881, Regensburg, Germany |
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Date and place of death: | 25 october 1957, Munich, Germany |
Nationality: | Germany |
Period of activity: | XIX, XX century |
Specialization: | Artist, Designer, Graphic artist, Painter, Portraitist, Posterist |
Genre: | Genre art, Nude art, Portrait |
Art style: | Realism |
Technique: | Hand graphic |