Joost Schmidt was a German visionary typographer, graphic designer and a teacher famous for Bauhaus Exhibition posters he designed in..
Joost Schmidt (1893-1948) was a teacher or master at the Bauhaus and later a professor at the College of Visual Arts, Berlin.
Joost Schmidt
German typographer (–)
Joost Schmidt (Wunstorf, 5 January - Nürnberg, 2 December ) 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 Bauhaus Exhibition in Weimar, Germany.[1]
Studies
Schmidt studied art at the Grand-Ducal Saxon Academy of Fine Art in Weimar, before becoming a student at the Bauhaus School from –, training in the wood-carving workshop.
He became the master student of Max Thedy and received his diploma in painting in the winter semester of /[2] When he first came to Bauhaus, Schmidt started a sculpting apprenticeship with Johannes Iiten and Oskar Schlemmer.
As time went by, he became very proficient with applied graphics, having his poster displayed at the Bauhaus exhibition in [1]
Teaching
Joost Schmidt taught lettering at th