Joseph Binder
Artworks: 30
Pioneered reductive modernist poster design
Joseph Binder was an Austrian-born designer whose influence permeated Europe and the United States. He applied reductive compositional principles derived from Cubism and De Stijl to his posters, including the one he designed for the New York World's Fair in 1939. He emigrated to the United States. in 1934 and won many poster competitions, organized by the Museum of Modern Art, for such agencies as the National Defense, the United Nations, and the American Red Cross. He also designed covers for Fortune and Graphis magazine. In 1948 Binder became art director for the U.S. Navy Department, and in the 1960's he returned to his primary passion of painting.
Artworks by this artist (30 total)
- New beginnings 1955
- St. John The Baptist 1962
- I am the way… St. John 14：6 1963
- Austria
- Jantzen 1947
- In great water; … Psalms 107：23 1963
- Jeremiah 1956
- St. Paul 1962
- The most important wheels in America. 1952
- St. Thomas 1962
- Thou rulest the raging of the sea … Psalms 89：9 1963
- Winter in Austria
- Answer the call 1952
- St. James 1962
- Honesty 1957
- Austria 2
- Remember the sabbath day 1963
- The three wise men 1962
- Justice 1957
- St. Luke 1962