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Ismar David (27 August 1910Шаблон:Snd26 February 1996) was a calligrapher, graphic designer, and type designer.

Ismar David was born on 27 August 1910, in Breslau (Wrocław), then part of the German Empire, to Rosa and Wolff David.[1]Шаблон:Sfn He was apprenticed to a house painter in Breslau from 1925 to 1928, when he went to Berlin.Шаблон:Sfn There, he went to art school at Städtische Kunstgewerbe- und Handwerkerschule in Charlottenburg.Шаблон:Sfn

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A Hanukkah lamp designed by Ismar David combines a series of pointed arches, familiar from traditional medieval Hanukkah lamps, with clean contemporary lines.

He left school in 1932 and moved to Jerusalem,Шаблон:Sfn then under the Mandate for Palestine, where he worked with the Jewish National Fund to design golden books—works in which the fund's donors were profiled.Шаблон:Sfn[2] While in Jerusalem, David designed a typeface for the Hebrew language called David Hebrew.Шаблон:Sfn

Dust jacket cover of the 1963 novel V. by Thomas Pynchon
Cover design from the first-edition dust jacket of the 1963 novel V. by Thomas Pynchon, designed by Ismar David

David settled permanently in New York City in 1953.Шаблон:Sfn[3] David's art often accompanied religious texts.Шаблон:Sfn

He died on 26 February 1996 in New York City.[1][4]

Ismar David Archive

The Cary Graphic Arts Collection, a rare book library on the history of graphic communication, holds the Ismar David Papers. The collection contains correspondence, personal papers, photographs, writings, artwork, and publications that document David's life and career.[5]

Publications

  • The Hebrew Letter: Calligraphic Variations (1990)[6]

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