Joost Schmidt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Joost Schmidt

German typographer

Date of Birth: 05-Jan-1893

Place of Birth: Wunstorf, Lower Saxony, Germany

Date of Death: 02-Dec-1948

Profession: painter, typographer, university teacher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Joost Schmidt (Wunstorf, 5 January 1893 - Nürnberg, 2 December 1948) was a teacher or master at the Bauhaus and later a professor at the College of Visual Arts, Berlin.
He was a visionary typographer and graphic designer who is best known for designing the famous poster for the 1923 Bauhaus Exhibition in Weimar, Germany.