Oskar Berger

Biography

Illustrations, publicity, trademarks . Born 12 May 1901 in Presow (Prešov), Hungary. After training worked as designer for Ullstein Verlag, Berlin. 1935: emigrated from Czechoslovakia to England. 1938: emigrated to USA where in 1945 he was naturalized. 1945-70: designer for the New York journal The Nation; drew illustrations and caricatures for journals and numerous books.

Writings by

  • Tip und Tap (children’s book), c1932
  • Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., Jan. 1933, pp. 56-7.

Writings about

  • Fritz Unger, ‘Advertising gastronomy’ (Café Berlin), Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., June 1931, pp. 24-33
  • Kunst im Exil in Grossbritannien 1933-1945 (exh. cat.), Berlin: Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst and Verlag Frölich & Kaufmann, 1986. , 1986
  • Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon, Munich/Leipzig: K.G. Saur Verlag, 1990-., 1994.
    • Billie Wilder, ‘Oskar Berger has been to America’, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., 1929, v. 2, pp. 32-9

Exhibitions

  • Galerie Wertheim, Berlin, 1929 (group)
  • Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1968.