About Hans Bohn
Lived 1891 – 1980 (aged 88). Hans Bohn was a German graphic designer, visual artist, typographer, graphic artist, painter and artist.
Hans Bohn (December 23, 1891 – May 10, 1980) was a German graphic artist and typographer. He developed the fonts Orplid, Mondial, Allegro, and the heavier weight of Kuenstler Script.
After training at the Technische Lehranstalt in Offenbach, he began his professional career at the Ullstein Verlag in Berlin in 1914. From 1919 to 1930, he worked at the Klingspor Foundry. Afterwards he was a freelance graphic designer. He produced fonts and graphic arts for Ludwig & Mayer, a major German foundry, in the 1930s. In the 1950s, he produced the Kuenstler font for the Stempel foundry .
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Who was Hans Bohn?
German artist (1891-1980)
When was Hans Bohn born?
Hans Bohn was born on 23 December 1891 in Frankfurt, Oberlahnstein.
When did Hans Bohn die?
Hans Bohn died on 10 May 1980 in Frankfurt.
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Hans Bohn was a graphic designer, visual artist, typographer, graphic artist, painter and artist.
What nationality was Hans Bohn?
Hans Bohn was German.
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