Sunday, September 18, 2022 3:00pm to 4:30pm
About this Event
University of Pittsburgh - 4130 Posvar Hall
#HenryKoerner; AustrianRoomCommittee; FlorianTraussnigHenry Koerner's transformative years as a poster artist in WWII. Join Dr. Florian Traussnig for an illuminating lecture on the Vienna-born, Jewish refugee Heinrich Sieghart Korner, later Henry Koerner, who created some of the most iconic posters for the US Office of War Information and later became known as a Pittsburgh-based "master of magical realism." Learn how the artist fused the kulturellen Rucksackhe brought from Austria to American art and culture.
REGISTER:
https://pitt.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJctduqoqj0rGtbDhe99CTdiCnu0I65-jkRm
Sponsors:
Austrian Nationality Room Committee
European Studies Center
The OrJames Lab
University of Graz, Austria
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