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Vintage Framed Astro-Daimler Bergmeister Art Print, Hans Muth German Text 1932
$ 47.52
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Description
Beautiful vintage 1960's art print of the 1931 - 34 Astro-Daimler Bergmeister by renowned automobile and motorcycle artist Hans Muth. Framed and matted. Print is 13 1/2" X 9 1/2"; framed it measures 17 1/2" X 13 1/2." Very Good condition, see photos. Frame show some wear from decades of use.Hans A. Muth was born in 1935 in Rathenow, Germany. After training as a toolmaker, graphic designer and designer, he first illustrated automotive catalogs for Porsche, Mercedes, Opel and VW. He drew design proposals for contemporary sports cars for the magazines of Motor Presse Verlag. In 1965 he began his career as a designer at Ford, in 1971 he moved to BMW to take over there as head designer, the responsibility for the interior and the motorcycle design. Today, he trains young artists and designers at the Art Center College of Design in Switzerland.
Text reads (very approximately):
The Austro-Daimler Bergmeister is one of the aristocratic wagons whose beauty
remains imperishable over all changes of the time styles. The progressive
Liche chassis offered driving characteristics that are comparable to most comparable cars
were superior, and the engine designed by Porsche (3.6 liters, 120 hp) was a
Sport engine of high rank. The mountain master was an expensive automobile for the
few who praised such a car as a work of art - and
cultivated. The Austro-Daimler development achieved its technical with this type
and architectural highlight.
DRAWING: MUTH