Abstraction, 1935

ArtistWilli Baumeister, Stuttgart 1889–1955 Stuttgart

Oil on canvas

(H x W)100 × 65 cm

Status

not on display

About the workFlat planes in a variety of colours and shapes are connected by lines and dots. Shadows painted in layers create the impression of a collage. Upon closer inspection, human forms can be glimpsed in the fragments. This work was realised in 1935, two years after Willi Baumeister lost his position as a professor at the Städelschule in Frankfurt due to National Socialist cultural policies. After the Second World War, the artist was able to successfully resume his earlier career.

AccessionAcquisition 1951

Provenance[...]; 1951 angekauft von der Galerie Dr. H. Hellmut Klihm, München

Inventory number0.1951.4940

Modernism
Bauhaus
Abstraction

Contact

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