1. Max Hubert Innocenz Maria Burchartz was a German painter, typographer, photographer, commercial art designer, and graphic arts teacher.
14 Facts About Max Burchartz
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Max Burchartz was the son of a fabric manufacturer, Otto Burchartz and his wife Maria.
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Max Burchartz studied advertising and art and in 1907 started studying at an art academy in Dusseldorf, at that time experimenting with impressionism but left the academy to join the First World War.
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In 1924 Max Burchartz moved to the Ruhr District where he set up the first modern advertising agency in Germany with Johannes Canis on 1 November 1924.
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Max Burchartz dedicated himself to the new typography and color design of the building.
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Max Burchartz developed a new layout style that blended typography, photography, and photo collages.
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Max Burchartz began working for the German Work Federation and became an active journalist.
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Max Burchartz began working for a company called Wehag that made door handles and fittings.
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Max Burchartz created many drafts for the company and shaped the development of the enterprise.
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Max Burchartz developed a color control system for the corridors of the house and thereby created the first example of applied Signaletic in a public building.
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Between 1933 and 1939 Max Burchartz worked for the Forkardt company for whom he sketched "the Book of Stretching" in 1939.
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Max Burchartz voluntarily joined the German army which he remained in until the end of the war.
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In 1949, Max Burchartz began working at the Folkwang Academy as a professor for the first year students.
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Max Burchartz taught the students universal art ideas and the ideas of holistic designs.