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Otto Arpke

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Nationality
  
German

Known for
  
Graphic arts

Died
  
1943, Berlin, Germany

Role
  
Artist

Name
  
Otto Arpke


Born
  
16 October 1886 (
1886-10-16
)
Braunschweig, Germany

Otto Arpke was a graphic artist, illustrator, painter, and teacher at the Kunst- und Gewerbeschule in Mainz. Arpke was famous for his designs for the movie Das Kabinet des Dr Caligari and posters for the North German Lloyd shipping line. He designed one type face, Arpke Antiqua (1928, Shriftguss type foundry) which is available in digital form as Taiko.

References

Otto Arpke Wikipedia