East German Poster Database

Items

• Echt Stark
  A man with a hat opens his jacket to reveal a shirt with an image of city buildings. The poster appears to promote the 750 year anniversary of Berlin.
• Befreiungskrieg 1813
  A collage of images and photographs that commemorate the German war of liberation and appear to be part of an exhibit on the Napoleonic Wars in Germany. The poster is doublesided and contains a numbered list that identifies each image.
• Anita Schubert: Plakate - Grafik
  This poster has a white background and shows a plane of black-and-white checkerboard patterns with several symbols in various squares. Above this is an illustration of a snail with a red shell that has an eye in the middle. It is for an exhibition featuring art and posters by Anita Schubert at the Neustrelitz Museum (September 6 - October 18, 1981).
• Polnische Plakate
  This poster shows a series of diagonal strips of varying widths. The stripes alternate between black and white. It is for an exhibition featuring Polish posters in Cottbus, Berlin, Potsdam, Frankfurt, and Rostock (May - June 1974; July - August 1974; September - October 1974; November - December 1974; January - February 1975).
• H. Brade Plakate
  This poster has a black background and shows a silhouette of a woman in profile view. The image has a dot-matrix style in black and gray. It is for an exhibition featuring posters by Helmut Brade (January - February 1974).
• Horst Sagert: Bühnenbilder und Bilder
  This poster has a white background and the exhibition information is highlighted in neon orange. There is a collage of text of varying sizes, along with scribbles and scratches. It is for an exhibition featuring books and book art by Horst Sagert at the Bode Museum in Berlin (October 3 - December 2, 1979).
• 180 Jahre Geographisches Institut zu Weimar
  This poster shows a large illustrated map featuring the parks in Weimar. It is for an exhibition featuring maps and other geographical art at the State Museum in Weimar (December 16, 1984 - March 28, 1985).
• Von der Eiszeitkunst bis zum Hiddenseeschmuck
  This poster has a white background and shows a photograph of a large kettle on wheels. The kettle has two handles on each side. It is for an exhibition of antiquities in Berlin.
• Vorweihnachtliche Schau Guten Kunsthandwerks
  This poster shows an image featuring a purple vase decorated with a face and two suns. The top of the vase has green geometric leaves. It is for an exhibition in Karl-Marx-Stadt (November 24 - December 15, 1974).
• Vor 50 Jahren: Erster Weltkrieg Novemberrevolution Nachkriegszeit
  This poster has a natural background color and shows a woodcut print of a group gathering around and mourning over a deceased body. It is for an exhibition commemorating the November Revolution at the Old Museum in Berlin (November 1968 - January 1969).
• André Verlon: Collagen und Montage-Painting
  This poster has a red background and shows a collage of black-and-white images featuring soldiers, graffiti, and weapons. It is for an exhibition featuring collages and montage paintings by André Verlon at the Museum of Fine Art in Leipzig (August 30 - October 19, 1986).
• Ungarische Bauernmöbel
  This poster has a black background and shows a painted set of flowers in an intricate design in green, red, yellow, and white. It is for an exhibition featuring the art of Hungarian Peasant furniture at the Museum of Folk Art in Dresden and in Berlin (Mar
• Turkmenische Teppiche
  This poster has a black background and shows a geometric design featuring red and blue triangular shapes. It is for an exhibition featuring tapestries and carpentry at the National Museum in Berlin.
• 9. Tage der Magdeburger Museen
  This poster has a blue background and shows a sculpted metal head. The face is looking up. It is for an exhibition at the Magdeburg Museum (May 17 - 25, 1986).
• Werner Tübke
  This poster as a black background and features a painting of several men standing on a wooden structure wearing hardhats. The men have solemn looks on their faces. It is for an exhibition featuring work by Werner Tübke at the Museum of Fine Art in Leipzig
• Tiere der Wildnis
  This poster has a tan background and shows a painting of a leopard extracted from a smaller print of the same painting. It is for an exhibition featuring paintings and art featuring "Animals in the Wild" at the Museum of Fine Art in Leipzig (August 26 - O
• Textil / Keramik / Metall / Papier
  This poster has a grey background and shows an image featuring a human shape, without arms and a head, made up of squares of splattered paint. It is for an exhibition featuring textile, ceramic, paper, and metal work in Chemnitz.
• Textil Design 82
  This poster shows an image of wavy stripes in alternating colors running diagonal. The background is black. It is for an exhibition featuring textile designs from 1982 in Karl-Marx-Stadt (February 21 - April 11, 1982).
• Thrakische Kunst in Bulgarien
  This poster has a black background and shows an image of a gold sculpted vase that is in the shape of a man's face. It is for an exhibition featuring Thracian Art from Bulgaria at the New Berlin Gallery in the Old Museum (January 26 - March 19, 1978).
• Curt Querner
  This poster has an orange and white striped background and shows a black-and-white illustration of injured men throwing seed on tilled soil. It is for an exhibition featuring work by Curt Querner at the National Museum in Schwerin (March 22 - May 26, 1974
• 750 Jahre Berlin / 750 Jahre Berliner in Berlin
  This poster has a black background and shows an image of a sign that reads "Nicht hin sehen!". It is for an exhibition that celebrates the 750 year anniversary of the city of Berlin.
• Von Mühlen und Müllern
  This poster has a black background and shows an illustration of a man working on a water-powered mechanical device with gears. It is for an exhibition at the Bernburg Museum. Box 6.
• Romantik und Biedermeier
  This poster shows silhouette images of people from the Romantic and Biedermeier eras. It shows one large image and five smaller images. It is for an exhibition at the State Museum in Greiz (August 16 - September 21, 1980). Box 6.
• Roemische Portraets
  This poster has a tan background and shows a bust of a bearded man with curly hair. He is wearing a robe. It is for an exhibition featuring Roman art (April - June 1981). Box 6.
• XIV. Perleberger Buchkunstausstellung: Klaus Ensikat
  This poster shows an illustration of a two monkeys sitting on elaborate vines. A metal bowl is shown in that middle that holds a human head. Both monkeys are holding books. It is for an exhibition featuring book art by Klaus Ensikat that Perleburg Museum (October - November 1980). Box 6.