Martin J. Weber

Martin J. Weber (March 7, 1905 – June 9, 2007) was the inventor of the graphic arts technique known as posterization.

Biography

He was born in 1905 in New York City. In 1962 he designed a 4-cent United States stamp commemorating Dag Hammarskjöld. ^[1]

References

1. "Martin J. Weber, 102, Dies; Innovator in Graphic Techniques". New York Times. June 16, 2007. Martin J. Weber, a graphic artist, typographer and art director who invented a widely adopted technique that gave two-dimensional images the illusion of appearing in three dimensions, died last Saturday at his home in Manhattan. He was 102. His death was announced by his son, Dr. Carl Weber, a surgeon in White Plains.