Adolphe Mouron Cassandre Biography:
Adolphe Mouron Cassandre was born January 24, 1901 and died June 19, 1968. He was an influential Ukrainian-French painter, commercial poster artist, and typeface designer. Born Adolphe Jean-Marie Mouron in Karkov, Ukraine to French parents, as a young man, Cassandre moved to Paris, France where he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts and at the Academie Julian. Needing to earn a living, the popularity of art, prints and posters as advertising afforded him an opportunity to work for a Parisian printing house. Inspired by cubism as well as surrealism, he earned a reputation with works such as Bucheron, a poster created for a cabinetmaker that won first prize at the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs.
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