Biró, Mihály Poster Artist

Biró, Mihály (1886 -1948) is a Hungarian poster artist Biró is internationally considered as the founder of the political poster art, he is world-famous for his revolutionary designs from the 1910s. His works had great impact on the next generations of poster artists and his contemporaries all over Europe and the USA. His family was […]

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Maud and Miskha Petersham history

  Maud Fuller Petersham (1890 – 1971) and Miska Petersham (1888 – 1960) were American writers and illustrators who helped set the direction for illustrated children’s books as known today. The Petershams worked closely with such pioneering children’s book editors as Louise Seaman Bechtel and May Massee, and with such innovative printers as Charles Stringer […]

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