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Graphic artist, illustrator and painter
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Male
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Birth:
16 October 1886(Braunschweig)
Death:
4 December 1943(Berlin)
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The details
Biography
Otto Arpke was a graphic artist, illustrator, painter, and teacher at the Kunst- und Gewerbeschule in Mainz. Arpke was famous for his designs for the movie Das Kabinet des Dr Caligari and posters for the North German Lloyd shipping line. He designed one type face, Arpke Antiqua (1928, Shriftguss type foundry) which is available in digital form as Taiko.