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Vintage Art Exhibition Poster
This poster, featuring the iconic "all-seeing eye" graphic, advertises the 1930 Internationale Hygiene Ausstellung (International Hygiene Exhibition) held in Dresden, Germany. The poster was designed by the German artist Willy Petzold.
Exhibition Details
Event: The 1930 event was the second major International Hygiene Exhibition in Dresden, following the first highly successful one in 1911.
Purpose: The exhibition aimed to educate the public about public health, anatomy, and hygiene practices, utilizing modern display technologies to explain scientific and medical knowledge.
Key Exhibit: A major attraction at the 1930 exhibition was the debut of the "Transparent Man" (Der durchsichtige Mensch), a life-size model with internally lit organs used to teach anatomy.
Legacy: The exhibition's success led to the establishment of the permanent German Hygiene Museum (Deutsches Hygiene-Museum), which still uses a variation of the eye motif as part of its logo today.
Artist: Willy Petzold (1885-1978) was a German painter and graphic designer who closely followed the original "eye" concept developed by Franz von Stuck for the 1911 poster.
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This poster, featuring the iconic "all-seeing eye" graphic, advertises the 1930 Internationale Hygiene Ausstellung (International Hygiene Exhibition) held in Dresden, Germany. The poster was designed by the German artist Willy Petzold.
Exhibition Details
Event: The 1930 event was the second major International Hygiene Exhibition in Dresden, following the first highly successful one in 1911.
Purpose: The exhibition aimed to educate the public about public health, anatomy, and hygiene practices, utilizing modern display technologies to explain scientific and medical knowledge.
Key Exhibit: A major attraction at the 1930 exhibition was the debut of the "Transparent Man" (Der durchsichtige Mensch), a life-size model with internally lit organs used to teach anatomy.
Legacy: The exhibition's success led to the establishment of the permanent German Hygiene Museum (Deutsches Hygiene-Museum), which still uses a variation of the eye motif as part of its logo today.
Artist: Willy Petzold (1885-1978) was a German painter and graphic designer who closely followed the original "eye" concept developed by Franz von Stuck for the 1911 poster.
