Joseph Binder (1897 - 1991)

Joseph Binder

Joseph Binder, full name Joseph Friedrich Gustav Binder, was a German avant-garde painter, designer and graphic artist.

In the early 1930s, Joseph Binder worked on major brand commissions for Knorr, Reemtsma, Tekrum, Elida, Minera, Dujardin, Stella and Mercedes-Benz and earned fame as a style-defining industrial designer. In all, by the early 1960s, Binder had created more than 2,000 stamps and posters.

In painting, Binder favored cubism: geometrically stylized form is of great importance to the painter. He was also influenced by the Bauhaus school of art and the Blue Rider group.