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Artist Profile: Edward McKnight Kauffer
To look at the graphic design work of Edward McKnight Kauffer is to experience a master craftsman helping to propel modernism into the mainstream. He achieved the height of his creativity in the decades after World War I, bringing his creative, modern aesthetic to a fast-paced world that was eager to embrace his exciting new visual creations.
The London Transport Museum posits that “Edward McKnight Kauffer was undoubtedly one of the most prolific and influential graphic designers of the 20th century. Cubism, [Vorticisim, Art Deco,] Futurism and Surrealism found expression in his posters, which translated the complicated language of the avant-garde into accessible commercial design” (www.ltmcolection.org).
Kauffer was deftly able to weave fine art concepts into instantly agreeable and visually digestible forms. He bridged the gap between the refined, aloof world of art exhibitions and what the public would see every day as they went about their daily lives, successfully bringing art into the streets for the masses to enjoy. Enticing and pleasing even those who never thought they would enjoy stepping into an art gallery.
Anthony Blunt, reviewing a show of Kauffer’s work in 1935 notes the following: “Apart
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McKnight Kauffer Travels Abroad
E. McKnight Kauffer photograph by A [Anton?] Karg, Walschee, Austria August 1934 (Collection Graham Twemlow)
A. Karg was possibly the son of the more famous Anton Karg (1835-1919) – mountaineer and photographer
In McKnight Kauffer Musings I will share my reflections on the people he spent time with, on his role in connecting with them, and what the connections may have led to. This research has not been revealed or published elsewhere and I hope that it may contribute a more nuanced history of the graphic arts that acknowledges the significance of context and connections
These musings respond in part to a remark by the designer Lucienne Roberts, who says that, in her design of the of the Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum exhibition Underground Modernist: E McKnight Kauffer (on until 10 April 2022) she wanted to highlight McKnight Kauffer’s network of contacts and connections
McKnight Kauffer Travels Abroad
Even as a young man McKnight Kauffer already possessed a charming manner and an engaging personality that seemed to attract fellow artists, writers and critics. The connections he made from the early days he spent in San Francisco set him on the winding path he was to follow. For two years he worked in the