Introduction
Victor Moscoso (born 1936 in Oleiros, Galicia, Spain) is a Spanish-American artist best known for producing psychedelic rock posters, advertisements, and underground comix in San Francisco during the 1960s and 1970s. He was the first of the rock poster artists of the 1960s era with formal academic training and experience. He was the first of the rock poster artists to use photographic collage in many of his posters.
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Q7583727
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Introduction
Studied at the Cooper Union and Yale under Josef Albers. In 1959 he relocated to San Francisco and attended the San Francisco Art Institute, where he later taught. From 1966 he begins producing posters for rock concerts in a 'psychedelic' style that incorporated intensely stylized lettering and images in vibrant colors. It is for this work that he his best known.
Nationalities
Spanish, American
Gender
Male
Roles
Artist, Graphic Artist, Poster Artist
Name
Victor Moscoso
Ulan
500129202
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