Carl Moos (1878–1959), Münchens neuester Sport Gabriel’s Rollschuh Palast, 1910
A characteristic feature of Carl Moos’ posters are the full-length figures depicted against a monotone backdrop, such as this one advertising Gabriel’s roller-skating palace or the poster promoting the alcohol-free drink: The Kaiser’s Beverage. Moos handles the texture, patterns and abstraction of the clothing with deft raffinesse, thanks to his original training as an embroidery draftsman. The historic setting shows the roller-skate poster on the façade of the Lodererbräu brewery in Munich.
