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Place of Birth: Coburg, Germany
About Louis Oppenheim
- Louis Oppenheim (1879–1936) was a German graphic artist, painter and type designer. Born in Coburg, Oppenheim studied in London from 1899 to 1906.
- He moved to Berlin and started his work as a graphic artist in 1910, signing his work with his initials, "LO" and working for clients such as AES, the Reichsbahn, Persil and Adrema.
- His posters are considered a significant product of the 'Berlin poster style'.
- Oppenheim worked for the type foundry Berthold and created a handful of significant and widespread typefaces, all of which share modernist characteristics, such as Lo-Type and Fanfare which are still in wide use today.
- Also, he designed the first coin of the Weimar Republic in 1919.
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