Sutnar, Ladislav

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Czech designer. Director, State School of Graphic Arts, Prague, 1932-1939. Exhibition designer for Czech government. In U.S. worked free-lance and as art director for Sweet's Catalogue Service.

From the description of Ladislav Sutnar papers relating to designs and exhibitions, 1928-1969. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81972101

Graphic, display, and industrial designer. Born Pilsen, Austro-Hungary (now Plzen, Czech Republic), 9 November 1897. Sutnar immigrated to the United States in 1939. He was inspired by the Bauhaus and was an advocate for a constructivist and functional approach in graphic design stressing simplicity, order, and precision. He was the art editor of the Prague publishing house, "Druzstevni Prace." Sitmar was head designer for the Czech pavilion at 1939 New York World's Fair.

From the description of Ladislav Sutnar Collection, 1927-1976. (Smithsonian Institution Libraries). WorldCat record id: 39128709

Czech painter, engraver and designer, born 1897, who served as Director of the State School of Graphic Arts, Prague from 1932-1939. Settled in the United States where he worked as a free-lance designer and art director for Sweet's Catalogue Service.

From the description of Correspondence with Jan Tschichold, 1941-1946. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 83527761

Czechoslovak industrial designer and artist.

From the description of Papers, 1927-1976, 1939-1976 (bulk) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155473510

Graphic artist and industrial designer. Born 1897. Died 1976. Birth date also cited as 1887. Death date also cited as 1969.

From the description of Ladislav Sutnar papers, [ca. 1927]-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122576840

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creatorOf Sutnar, Ladislav. Printed ephemera and miscellaneous publications, ca. 1940-ca. 1969. Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Ladislav Sutnar : vertical file. Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA
creatorOf Sutnar, Ladislav, 1897-1976. Artist file. Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives
creatorOf Sutnar, Ladislav. Ladislav Sutnar papers relating to designs and exhibitions, 1928-1969. Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Sutnar, Ladislav. [Design sheets for Ladislav Sutnar's "Build the Town" building blocks] [toy]. Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA
creatorOf Sutnar, Ladislav, 1897-1976. [Ladislav Sutnar : artist file] Detroit Institute of Arts Research Library & Archives, DIA Research Library & Archives
creatorOf Sutnar, Ladislav. Correspondence with Jan Tschichold, 1941-1946. Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Papers, 1927-1976, 1939-1976 (bulk) New York State Historical Documents Inventory
creatorOf SUTNAR, LADISLAV. Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
referencedIn Sutnar, Ladislav : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
creatorOf Sutnar, Ladislav, 1897-1976. Ladislav Sutnar Collection, 1927-1976. Smithsonian Institution. Libraries
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associatedWith Addo-X Business Machines. corporateBody
associatedWith Addo-x (Company) corporateBody
associatedWith Carr's Department Stores. corporateBody
associatedWith Carr's Department Stores. corporateBody
associatedWith Cooper-Hewitt Design Archive. corporateBody
associatedWith Detroit Institute of Arts Research Library & Archives. corporateBody
associatedWith J.C. Penney Co. corporateBody
associatedWith McGraw-Hill Book Company. corporateBody
associatedWith New York World's Fair (1939-1940) corporateBody
associatedWith Polivka, Jaroslav Joseph, 1886-1960. person
associatedWith Printex Corporation. corporateBody
associatedWith Radio Corporation of America. corporateBody
associatedWith RCA Corporation. corporateBody
associatedWith Sweet's Catalog Service. corporateBody
associatedWith Tschichold, Jan, 1902-1974. person
associatedWith Vera (Company) corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
New York--New York
Czechoslovakia
United States
United States
Czech Republic
Czech Republic--Bohemia
Subject
Advertising
Advertising layout and typography
Bauhaus
Blocks (Toys)
Design
Industrial design
Glassware
Graphic artists
Graphic design
Industrial designers
Letterhead
Museum exhibits
Packaging
Porcelain
Posters, Czech
Toys
Traveling exhibitions
Occupation
Designer
Activity

Person

Birth 1897-11-09

Death 1976-12-17

Americans

English,

German,

Czech

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