{"id":14578,"count":0,"description":"Josef Nikolaus Geis (* June 10, 1892, in Munich; \u2020 September 1, 1952, in Munich) was an artist, illustrator, and graphic designer based in Munich. He painted for the humorous weekly magazine \u201cFliegende Bl\u00e4tter\u201d and later for the Munich art and literary magazine \u201cJugend,\u201d for which he often designed the cover. For the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), Geis created striking posters against National Socialism, including a 1929 poster depicting the stereotype of the \"subverted Bolshevik.\"\n\nGeis was a member of the Reichsverband Bildender K\u00fcnstler Deutschlands and gained recognition for his work in Munich magazines such as \u201cJugend,\u201d \u201cSimplicissimus,\u201d \u201cFliegende Bl\u00e4tter,\u201d and \u201cMeggendorfer Bl\u00e4tter.\u201d He also designed advertising posters, event posters, and political posters, including those for the Munich Zoo.\n\nSome of his notable poster designs include:\n\nAbsolvia Luitpoldiana, 1912\nFest der Kunstgewerbesch\u00fcler\nSammelt Brennessel! \u2013 Wenn ihr Kleidung und Faden wollt!\nRot ist dein Tod. Hausbesitz w\u00e4hle Liste 12, 1929\nFaschings-Festzug-M\u00fcnchen, 1929\nAn diesem System stirbt das Volk \u2013 w\u00e4hlt Sozialdemokraten Liste 1, 1932\nHis illustrated books include:\n\nWalter Leipziger: Die sieben Schwaben. Vier Tannen Verlag, Berlin 1950.\nAnders Christian Westergaard: Klein-Ingrid: Happy Adventures of a Little Girl in a Big City. Schneider, Augsburg 1953.\nHans Bachwitz: Bibimatz, Lebenskarambolagen eines Schlehmils. New Series, Braun & Schneider, Munich 1928.\nJosef Nikolaus Geis was the grandson of the folk singer Jakob Geis. His father was the actor and singer Josef Geis (1867\u20131940), and his brother was the dramaturge and screenwriter Jacob Geis.","link":"https:\/\/collection.galerie-gerdes.com\/en\/c\/artist-en-2\/josef-geis-en\/","name":"Josef Geis","slug":"josef-geis-en","taxonomy":"product_cat","parent":1857,"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/collection.galerie-gerdes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat\/14578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/collection.galerie-gerdes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/collection.galerie-gerdes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/product_cat"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collection.galerie-gerdes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat\/1857"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/collection.galerie-gerdes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?product_cat=14578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}