Composition with two Circles
Walter Dexel (München 1890 - Braunschweig 1973)
Lot-No. 258
1968, silk screen in colours, 34 x 41 cm, lo. ri. autographed W. Dexel 29, unframed. - Printed in 1968 after a design of 1929. - Literature: Cat. rais.: Vitt 21. - German painter, graphic artist, designer a. art historian. D. studied 1914-19 art history in Munich, but also took drawing lessons. After WW I he became head of the Jena Kunstverein. He was in contact with the Bauhaus a. exhibited with the avantgardist 'Novembergruppe' in Berlin. Since 1926 he worked as free-lance designer a. taught at the academies a. art schools of Magdeburg, Berlin a. Brunswick. He was temporarily discharged by the Nazis a. some of his artworks were removed from exhibitions as 'degenerate'. Only in 1962 he started working as artist again. After a short cubist period D. developed his typical constructivist style which is characterized by a larger variety of forms a. colours, compared to the artists of 'De Stijl'.
Walter Dexel: Composition with two Circles
Walter Dexel (München 1890 - Braunschweig 1973)
Composition with two Circles
Lot-No. 258
1968, silk screen in colours, 34 x 41 cm, lo. ri. autographed W. Dexel 29, unframed. - Printed in 1968 after a design of 1929. - Literature: Cat. rais.: Vitt 21. - German painter, graphic artist, designer a. art historian. D. studied 1914-19 art history in Munich, but also took drawing lessons. After WW I he became head of the Jena Kunstverein. He was in contact with the Bauhaus a. exhibited with the avantgardist 'Novembergruppe' in Berlin. Since 1926 he worked as free-lance designer a. taught at the academies a. art schools of Magdeburg, Berlin a. Brunswick. He was temporarily discharged by the Nazis a. some of his artworks were removed from exhibitions as 'degenerate'. Only in 1962 he started working as artist again. After a short cubist period D. developed his typical constructivist style which is characterized by a larger variety of forms a. colours, compared to the artists of 'De Stijl'.