Imre reiner biography

Born in 1900, Imre Reiner is generally understood to be the ultimate modernist graphic designer.

Imre Reiner (1900-1987).

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Imre Reiner

Imre Reiner (* 18. August1900 in Versec, Königreich Ungarn; † 22. August1987 in Lugano, Schweiz) war ein ungarisch-schweizerischer Maler, Grafiker, Buchgestalter und bedeutender Schriftgestalter.

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Imre Reiner besuchte zunächst die Staatliche Bildhauerschule in Zalatna und die Kunstgewerbeschule in Frankfurt am Main. Ab 1921 studierte er bei Friedrich Hermann Ernst Schneidler an der Kunstgewerbeschule in Stuttgart. In Weimar begegnete er mehrfach Paul Klee. Von 1923 bis 1927 arbeitete er als Grafiker in London, New York, Chicago und Paris. Nach seiner Rückkehr nach Stuttgart studierte er weiter als Meisterschüler bei Friedrich Hermann Ernst Schneidler. Imre Reiner lebte ab 1930 in Paris, bereits ein Jahr später zog er nach Ruvigliana bei Lugano im Tessin und arbeitete fortan dort als Maler, Grafiker, Typograf und Illustrator. Ab 1941 übernahm er als Nachfolger von Jan Tschichold^[1] für drei Jahre die künstlerisch

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William Drenttel Collection of Imre Reiner

Collection

Call Number: AOB 45

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of articles and examples of Imre Reiner’s designs and a small amount of correspondence collected by graphic designer William Drenttel.

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Conditions Governing Access

The materials are open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of William Drenttel, 2006 & 2007.

Arrangement

Organized into four series: I. Art work and designs, 1946-1959. II. Articles, 1946-1975. III. Materials related to Reiner, 1963-1985. IV. Correspondence, 1946-1948, 1998.

Extent

0.42 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Catalog Record

A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog

Persistent URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/arts.aob.0045

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The work of Hungarian born designer Imre Reiner(1900-1987) has always been a favorite of mine. He experimented with letterforms and layouts long before it became a popular pastime as it is today. Not much is printed about Reiner unfortunately, although he, himself published a number of books on typography, monograms, trademarks and the like. He also designed and illustrated book covers for other publishers including Penguin Books and designed many fonts such as Meridian, Corvinus and London Script. Most of his long career was spent living in Switzerland, although he never identified himself with the Swiss modernist movement. He preferred to blend his own modernist approach to design with historical influences and references from architecture, wood engravings and early type ornaments. This mash-up of the old and new ran counter to the post-war Swiss-modern style of his colleagues with their simple, less-is-more approach to design. I find this contrast of bridging s