East German Poster Database

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• Campanella und der Kommandeur / Michail Schatrow / Maxim Gorki Theater

  Black and orange poster advertising Michail Schatrow's play “Campanella und der Kommandeur”. Box 5.

• Candide: Musik: Leonard Berstein, nach dem Roman von Voltaire- Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar, DDR Erstaufführung

  This poster is an abstract work in pastels featuring several exaggerated portraits, one crying blood with its head detached from its neck, one a witch, one appears to be a gargoyle, and a nude woman lying at the bottom. The title is at top in white, with the remaining text at the bottom in gold and white. This poster advertises for "Candide" with music by Leonard Bernstein, based on the book by Voltaire.

• F. Schiller 1759-1805 Goethe-Theater Bad Lauchstädt

  Poster is a black and white portrait of F. Schiller set inside decorative frame. Name with birth and death dates inscribed at bottom, with theater information below in black script.

• Wiederöffnung Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar/5. Oktober 1975/Festkonzert der Weimarischen Staatskapelle Johann Wolfgang Goethe "Faust" I. Teil Johann Goethe "Faust" II. Teil Johannes R. Becher "Winterschlacht" Christoph Willibald Gluck "Iphigenie in Aul

  Poster is white with text repeated diagonally in black in each corner, clockwise: "Wiedereröffnung/Deutsches/Nationaltheater/Weimar". In top left center in small sepia print is description and date. Advertises for a "Fest Concert" of Weimar's City, featuring performances of "Faust" by Johann Wolfgang Goethe, "Winter Battle" by Johannes R. Becher, "Iphigenie in Aulis", by Christoph WIllibald Gluck, and Beethoven's 9th Symphony.

• 175. Jahre Goethe - Theater Bad Lauchstädt

  This poster is white with a prominent black and white portrait of Goethe in the center. Above is title in black, and below is sketch of the theater.

• Giselle/von Adolphe Adam ž Ballett-Company ž Oper Leipzig/Intendant Professor Udo Zimmermann

  Poster is a blue impressionsit painting of three female ballet dancers. The left is blue, middle blue-green, and right white. All have ribbons in their hair, progressing from red to orange. No other details depicted. Text in white top and bottom. Advertises for a performance of the ballet "Giselle" from Adolphe Adam.

• Goethe Faust/erster Teil/Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar

  Poster is mostly covered with an abstract painting of what is presumably hell, with several humanoid figures in red and gray brush strokes who apear in agony. Figures blend together and into random flame-like brush strokes. Title in black at top. Advertises for a performance of the first part of Goethe's "Faust".

• Bach-Händel-Schütz der DDR/V. Internationales Bachfest in Verbindung mit dem 60. Bachfest der Neuen Bachgesellschaft…

  Poster is white with irridescent gray border. Title at top navy at left and black at right. Text inside border divided into three columns, details events being held during the 5th International Bach Fest in conjunction with the 60th Bach Fest held by the New Bach Society and the Bach Handel and Schütz celebration of the DDR, from March 19th through March 27th, 1985.

• Ei! Kennt ihr noch das alte Lied? Deutsche Balladen von Goetche, Schiller, Heine und Uhland gesungen und gesprochen von Cox Habbema Eberhard Esche Herwart Grosse

  Poster is burnt sepia with black text and patterned black border and black ivy dividers. Title reads "Well! Do you know the old song? German ballads from Goethe, Schiller, Heine, and Uhland sung and spoken by Cox Habbema, Eberhard Esche, and Herwart Grosse in Deutschen Theater Berlin."

• 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

• Tübke: Ausstellung Malerei-Grafik-Zeichnung

  This poster has a grey background and shows an illustration featuring a group of men huddled around a man laying on a stone with a knife in his back. It is for an exhibition featuring work by Werner Tübke at the Moritzburg State Gallery in Halle (July 28

• Tübke: Ausstellung Malerei-Grafik-Zeichnung

  This poster has a gray background and shows a painting of a winter scene with men standing around a lake and a man tied to a wheel suspended in the air. A long-haired man is floating in the air with animals circling around. It is for an exhibition at the

• Caspar David Friedrich

  This poster shows an illustration featuring a man with curly hair and long sideburns. He has a large nose and large eyes. It is for an exhibition featuring reproductions of work by Caspar David Friedrich in Berlin. Box 6.

• Kunstsammlungen zu Weimar

  This poster shows a painting of a red basket hanging against the wall containing a clock, papers, brushes, and combs. It is for an exhibition featuring art from Weimar at the Schloß Gallery in Leipzig.

• Lucas Cranach Galerie

  This poster shows a painting of a nude woman sitting at the base of a tree holding a small baby who is breast feeding. Two other children are standing next to her, one holding an apple. It is for the Lucas Cranach Gallery at the Schloss Museum in Weimar.

• Josef Hegenbarth

  This poster shows a painting of four acrobats balancing themselves atop of two horses. It is for an exhibition featuring work by Josef Hegenbarth in Weimar (April 3 - June 15, 1980).

• Ernst Hassebrauk

  This poster shows a painting of a woman wearing a brightly colored hat and dress. The dress has a red collar and the rest of it is blue and yellow. It is for an exhibition of work by Ernst Hassebrauk in Dresden (February 28 - April 22, 1979).

• Kleist Gedenk - und Forschungsstätte Frankfurt (Oder)

  This poster shows a portrait of a young man overlaid with handwritten script. It is for an exhibition at the Kleist Memorial in Frankfurt.

• Max Klinger

  This poster has a dark blue background and shows a drawing of a naked female figure next to an ornate harp. She is standing on the deck of a ship, as ocean waves appear in the background. It is for an exhibition featuring work by Max Klinger in Leipzig (July 4 - September 20, 1970).

• Galerie "Kunst der Zeit" Dresden

  This poster shows a watercolor painting of a city skyline. It is for an exhibition entitled "Art of the Times" in Dresden.

• Bauhaus Weimar

  This poster shows a large blue circle underneath a smaller red square and an even smaller yellow triangle. It is for an exhibition in Weimar.

• Joachim Jansong: Fotomontagen, Collagen, Druckgrafik

  This poster shows a collage including several diagrams of machinery including a rifle, cannon and locomotive. The bottom of the image also contains a map of Bismarck. A portrait of a woman wearing a cross is centered in the collage. It is for an exhibit featuring works by artist Joachim Jansong at the Gallery in Cottbus (December 4, 1982 - February 27, 1983).

• Japanische Kunst aus drei Jahrtausenden

  This poster shows a sculpture of a Japanese male with hands flattened together and fingers facing upward. It is for an exhibit featuring Japanese art at the State Museum in Berlin (May 3 - June 16, 1974).