Hans Unger, 1915-1975

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Reference number	1996/5135
Name	Hans Unger FSIA
Born	1915
Collection	People
Object type	Person
Completeness	56% 56% ?

• Biography

  Attribute	Value
  Biography	Hans Unger was born in Germany where he studied poster design in the studio of Jupp Wiertz in Berlin from 1934 to 1935. He then emigrated to South Africa to work as a freelance commercial designer in Cape Town. He moved to London in 1948 where he was a successful poster designer. His posters include collaborations with the mosaicist Eberhard Schulze. (Riddell 1995)
  Employment	Designed posters for London Transport, 1950-1974
  Role	Artist,