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Willem Sandberg
Amsterdam
b. 1897d. 1984
Netherlands
Willem Sandberg (b. 1897) One of the most important figures in Dutch graphic design and a highly influential museum director during his time at the Stedelijk in Amsterdam. The Stedelijk commissioned him, in 1928, to prepare pictorial statistical information for the exhibition 'Work for the Disabled'. Appointed curator of modern art in 1937. During the second world war joined the Dutch resistance and assisted in the production of false identity cards. Became director of the Stedelijk in 1945 and personally designed over 300 catalogues prior to retiring in 1964. From 1964 - 1968 he was on the Executive committee of the Israel Museum in Jerusalem and lectured on visual communication at Harvard 1969 - 1970. He died in Amsterdam in 1984.
Willem Sandberg's work was exhibited in
Willem Sandberg: From the Netherlands:
Typographer, Designer: Books, Posters and Catalogues50 jaar verkenningen
(1959) catalogue for the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
acht argentijnse abstacten #108
(1953) catalogue for the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
ancient egypt (youth wing)
(1967) poster for the Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Anna Ticho
(1968) poster for the Israel Museum, Jerusalem
ardon #251
(1961) catalogue for the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
arne jacobsen #209
(1959) catalogue for the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
bart van der leck #204
(1959) catalogue for the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
bernard childs #219
(1959) catalogue for the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
bible in art and archaeology, the
(1965) poster for the Israel Museum, Jerusalem
bokhara
(1968) poster for the Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Bokhara #39
(1967) catalogue for the Israel Museum, Jerusalem
breitner. Tussen de schilders van amsterdam #178
(1958) catalogue for the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
collectie philippe dotremont #116
(1954) catalogue for the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Collection Foroughi-tresors de l'ancien iran
poster for the Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Collection of Joseph J. Hazen #16
(1966) catalogue for the Israel Museum, Jerusalem
dertien begische schilders #98
(1953) catalogue for the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
design, new pavilion inaugural exhibition
poster for the Israel Museum, Jerusalem
een vilinder heb ik hier niet gezien. Kinderteneningen uit Theresienstadt. #239
(1960) catalogue for the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
egyptian Art--amarna period
(1967) poster for the Israel Museum, Jerusalem
experiment in constructie #308
(1962) catalogue for the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
experimenta typografica 1
(1944) SERVUS FIDEI LECTURA SUB AQUA. Printed in two colours. Brown Orig.-wrapper.
experimenta typografica 11
(1956) TEKTONIKH das konstruktive. With 14 illustrations, most in colour. Printed on 3 different papers. Orig.-wrapper.
experimenta typografica 2
(1968) MENS SANA IN CORPORE SANO. With 16 illustrations in colour. Orig.-wrapper.
experimenta typografica 3
(1981) GNOTHI SE AUTON. Reflex 1979 (reprint of the Amsterdam edition 1945). Printed in three colors. Orig.-wrapper.
experimenta typografica 4
(1981) HOMO SOCIALIS. Reflex 1981. Printed on white and brown paper. Illustrated. Orig.-wrapper.
experimenta typografica 5
(1982) L'ART:LE SUSPERFLU INDISPENSABLE. Utrecht, reflex and Cologne, Galerie Der Spiegel 1982. With 4 (3 colour) illustrations. Orig.-wrapper.
Fifteen signs by Sandberg
(1972) exhibition catalogue
fritz harnest #229
(1960) catalogue for the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
G.T. Rietveld #205
(1959) catalogue for the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Hendrik Werkman #42
(1968) catalogue for the Israel Museum, Jerusalem
hiroshima #141
(1956) catalogue for the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
kelder #233
(1960) catalogue for the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Kurt Schwitters #152
(1956) catalogue for the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
le musée d'Israel 1965 / the Israel museum 1965
(1965) catalogue for the Israel Museum, Jerusalem
malir vaclav spala #267
(1961) catalogue for the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Masada
(1966) poster for the Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Miro
(1967) poster for the Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Mizne collection #18
(1966) catalogue for the Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Modern art--Fathers and sons / paintings from the hazen collection
(1966) poster for the Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Nu
(1959) Amsterdam
Nu 2
(1967) Amsterdam
Open Oog
(1946) Amsterdam. 2 issues.
Paul Klee
(1966) poster for the Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Paul Klee #13
(1966) catalogue for the Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Picasso
(1966) poster for the Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Picasso #14
(1966) catalogue for the Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Piet Zwart #257
(1961) catalogue for the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
poolse schilderkunst van nu #214
(1959) catalogue for the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Poster for the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University
(1970)Rubin
(1966) poster for the Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Rubin retrospective #17
(1966) catalogue for the Israel Museum, Jerusalem
sandberg "désigne" le stedelijk
(1973) exhibition catalogue
Steichen the Photographer
(1967) poster for the Israel Museum, Jerusalem
toon kelder #110
(1953) catalogue for the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
toulouse-lautrec
(1967) poster for the Israel Museum, Jerusalem
treasures from ancient mexico
(1968) poster for the Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Vincent Van Gogh #187
(1958) catalogue for the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
volkskunst uit roemenie #133
(1955) catalogue for the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
youth wing, our pupils at work
(1968) poster for the Israel Museum, Jerusalem
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