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Matter, Herbert: World War II poster Poster for the Swiss Tourist Board, designed by Herbert Matter, c. 1932.
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Matter, Herbert: World War II poster World War II poster by Herbert Matter, 1941.

Herbert Matter

American photographer
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Herbert Matter (born April 25, 1907, Engelberg, Switzerland—died May 8, 1984, Southampton, New York, U.S.) was a Swiss-born American photographer and graphic designer known for his pioneering use of photomontage in commercial art. Matter studied with the painters Fernand LĂ©ger and AmĂ©dĂ©e Ozenfant in Paris, where he later assisted the graphic artist Cassandre and the architect Le Corbusier. His own international reputation was firmly established during the mid-1930s, when he made travel posters for the...

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