Dick Elffers - Rijksmuseum - De grafiek van Goya (1970) - 1970s

Original exhibition poster from 1970.
Design: Dick Elffers
Dimensions: 70 x 105 cm.

The graphic works of Goya was an exhibition of the Spanish artist Francisco de Goya's works in the Rijksprentenkabinet of the Rijksmuseum, held from 14 November 1970 to 17 January 1971.

The exhibition showcased the graphic oeuvre of Goya, including famous print series such as Los Caprichos, Tauromachie (bullfighting), Los Desastres de la Guerra (The Horrors of War), Disparates and the lithographs Les Taureaux de Bordeaux.

The catalog and accompanying graphic material/poster were designed by the renowned Dutch artist and typographer Dick Elffers.

Dirk Cornelis (Dick) Elffers (Rotterdam, 9 December 1910 – Amsterdam, 17 June 1990) was a Dutch visual artist.

Elffers studied at the Rotterdam Academy of Fine Arts to become a graphic designer. He developed into a versatile visual artist: designer, painter, graphic artist, bookbinder designer, sculptor, ceramist, and photographer. In addition to being an practicing artist, he was from 1970 to 1976 a lecturer in monumental art at the Academy of Art in ’s-Hertogenbosch. Elffers received the State Prize for Typography for his typographic work. Elffers was also involved as a designer with the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, both in terms of the museum’s graphic design and in the museum presentations.

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