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Willi Baumeister

Willi Baumeister (1889 - 1955) was active/lived in United States, Germany.  Willi Baumeister is known for Figurative, geometric, abstract painting.

Willi Baumeister (1889-1955)

During his apprenticeship as a decorative painter Willi Baumeister already visited evening classes at the Stuttgart Kunstakademie.  From 1909 to 1912 he attended Adolf Hölzel's composition class where he first met the later Bauhaus painter Oskar Schlemmer who was to become a life-long friend.  In 1919/20 he produced his first 'Mauerbilder', panels with a wall-like relief structure - created by adding sand and putty to the paint - and cubist forms.  These works brought about Baumeister's international breakthrough.  In 1928 the Frankfurt Städelschule appointed the artist to run the applied arts, typography and fabric printing class.  Baumeister joined the 'Cercle Carré' in 1930 and in 1931 he became a member of 'Abstraction Création'.

During the 'Third Reich' Baumeister was banned as a 'degenerate' artist and rarely showed himself in public.  During the war Baumeister wrote the book 'Das Unbekannte in de   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 5376 characters.]  Artist bio

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