Schiphol Company Photography Graphic Design Fré Cohen

Schiphol
Maker:	ontwerper/art-director: Cohen, Fré merknaam: Hotel Exploitatiemaatschappij l''Europe (Amsterdam) merknaam: Stanavo opdrachtgever/adverteerder: Luchthaven Schiphol
Trefwoord:	luchtvaart horeca
Verv.jaar:	1932/1933
Bron:	Bro 1991/22 fol [brochure] (ReclameArsenaal [IISG])

Photography Henny Cahn, Piet Zwart, Cas Oorthuys, Eva Besnyo, Paul Schuitema, Gerard Kiljan, TypoFoto

Fré Cohen (Amsterdam 1903 - Hengelo 1943) grew up in a jewish social democratic environment. She had office jobs at publishing houses of the workers' movement and studied typography in the evenings. Actively involved in the Arbeiders Jeugd Centrale (AJC, Workers' Youth Central), she designed many of its brochures and periodicals. In 1927 she was among the founders of the Socialistische Kunstenaars Kring (SKK, Socialist Artists' Circle), together with Jan W. Jacobs. The works donated are from this period. In these same years, Cohen designed many publications for the municipality of Amsterdam. In 1943 she was betrayed and arrested by the Germans, and subsequently committed suicide.