Bis alle Finger wie von selbst schreiben - Ein Portrait des Grafikers Siegfried Kraft

Franziska Nössig
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Die erste grafische Arbeit: 1937 illustrierte Siegfried Kraft das «Nibelungenlied» und gestaltete auch den Text kalligraphisch. Das Gestalten von Schrift wurde zu seiner Berufung. Foto: Peter Michaelis

Die erste grafische Arbeit: 1937 illustrierte Siegfried Kraft das «Nibelungenlied» und gestaltete auch den Text kalligraphisch. Das Gestalten von Schrift wurde zu seiner Berufung. Foto: Peter Michaelis

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Der Gebrauchsgrafiker Siegfried Kraft hat Plakate, Signets und Buchillustrationen entworfen. Heute wäre er vermutlich Produktdesigner. Ein Portrait zu seinem 90. Geburtstag.

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