Artist

Joost Schmidt

Portrait of Joost Schmidt

German, 1893–1948

Joost Schmidt was a German artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Museum of Modern Art.

Joost Schmidt was a German typographer, a teacher and master at the Bauhaus, and later a professor at the College of Visual Arts, Berlin. He was a visionary typographer and graphic designer who is best known for designing the famous poster for the 1923 Bauhaus Exhibition in Weimar, Germany.

Collections represented

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