PKZ Fashion Store, Niklaus Stoecklin
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PKZ Fashion Store

Artist: Niklaus Stoecklin
Year: 1981
Size: 128 x 90 cm / 50.4 x 35.4″
Price: CHF680

About this poster

It is almost impossible to find better advertising than the posters of the Basel School from the 1920s to the 1940s. One of the most acclaimed posters was designed by Niklaus Stoecklin for the clothing company PKZ in the style of Magritte. Stoecklin, who studied the modern graphic style in Munich and was strongly influenced by Ludwig Hohlwein, is still regarded today as one of the first poster artists in Switzerland. This is a reprint of the poster from 1934 by the Wolfensberger printing company.

Artist: Niklaus Stoecklin

Niklaus STOECKLIN was born in Basel in 1896 and died in 1982.

Stoecklin’s first teacher in Basel was Burkhard Mangold who heavily influenced his style. He studied at the Basel School of Arts and Craft and created his first ‘object poster’ in 1922. He then studied the modern graphic style in Munich and became influenced by Ludwig Hohlwein and the Purist style of the great Swiss architect and designer L... more

Niklaus STOECKLIN was born in Basel in 1896 and died in 1982.

Stoecklin’s first teacher in Basel was Burkhard Mangold who heavily influenced his sty ...

le. He studied at the Basel School of Arts and Craft and created his first ‘object poster’ in 1922. He then studied the modern graphic style in Munich and became influenced by Ludwig Hohlwein and the Purist style of the great Swiss architect and designer L... more
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