Erik Nitsche

"General Dynamics - Solar" Original Vintage Mid-Century Science Poster

1955

General Dynamics was formed in 1952 when it became the parent company of the Electric Boat Company and several other US Department of Defense suppliers. It is primarily known for its...

GENERAL DYNAMICS - EXPLORING THE UNIVERSE - WORLDS WITHOUT ENDS Rare authentic original vintage Swiss graphic design poster Condition: B Dimensio...

A poster belonging to Erik Nitsche's second series for General Dynamics, promoting its nuclear research. Founded 1952, General Dynamics hired Nitsche as Art Director – a Swiss (1908 – 1998) educated at the Collège Classique in his birth town Lausanne and at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Munich. 1934 he emigrated to the United States and became an incredibly versatile graphic designer whose work became exemplary modernist. General Dynamics for its part focused on – amongst others – aerodynamics, aerospace, electronics and nuclear power. So here the company had a problem: Only a few years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki it wasn’t exactly the simplest thing to explore nuclear energy and not to be suspected of developing weapons of mass destruction. The International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy 1955 in Geneva was a great opportunity to be seen as a provider of peaceful technology. The guys in charge chose Erik Nitsche to communicate this message. He created four poster series. Atoms for Peace was the first consisting of eleven posters. The second was made for the Conference 1958; these posters are titled Exploring the Universe and represent different aspects of technological research. The third series promoted General Dynamics’ departments. The last series of six smaller posters...

This original vintage poster, titled L'Atome Au Service de la Paix ( The Atom in Service of Peace) , was designed by Erik Nitsche in 1956 as part of General Dynamics' celebrated Atom...

A poster belonging to Erik Nitsche's third series for General Dynamics, promoting the reactor Triga of its General Atomic division. Founded 1952, General Dynamics hired Nitsche as A...

General Dynamics was formed in 1952 when it became the parent company of the Electric Boat Company and several other US Department of Defense suppliers. It is primarily known for its...

A poster belonging to Erik Nitsche's third series for General Dynamics, promoting its Convair Company. Founded 1952, General Dynamics hired Nitsche a...

Original vintage General Dynamics poster by the illustrator, typographer and graphic designer Erik Nitsche (1908-1998) promoting Astrodynamics....

Original vintage General Dynamics poster for the Convair 880 World's Fastest Jetliner featuring artwork by the illustrator, typographer and graphic designer Erik Nitsche (1908-1998) ...

GENERAL DYNAMICS - MEDICAL GASES - LIQUID CARBONIC Rare authentic original vintage Swiss graphic design poster Artist: Erik Nitsche Condition: A-...