Otto Arpke

Otto Arpke (16 October 1886 – 4 December 1943) was a graphic artist, illustrator, painter, and teacher at the Kunst- und Gewerbeschule in Mainz. Arpke was famous for his designs for the movie Das Kabinet des Dr Caligari and posters for the North German Lloyd shipping line.^[1] He designed one type face, Arpke Antiqua (1928, Shriftguss type foundry)^[2] which is available in digital form as Taiko.^[3]

Advertising for the Hamburg America Line (1931)

Otto Arpke
Born	(1886-10-16)16 October 1886 Braunschweig, Germany
Died	4 December 1943(1943-12-04) (aged 57) Berlin
Nationality	German
Known for	Graphic Arts

See also

• List of German painters