Max Bill

(Swiss, 1908–1994)

Max Bill was a Swiss artist and designer who founded the Concrete Art movement. His interpretations of Constructivism through painting and sculpture, integrated the study of both geometry and mathematics into his art practice. “I am of the opinion that it is possible to develop an art largely on the basis of mathematical thinking,” Bill once reflected. Born on December 22, 1908 in Winterthur, Switzerland he studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Zurich from 1924–1927, then with Wassily Kandinsky and Paul Klee at the Bauhaus school in Dessau for the next two years. Later the co-founder of the Ulm School of Arts and Crafts, he served as the head of architecture and product design there during the 1950s, and later as part of the Swiss Parliament from 1967 to 1971. Bill died on December 9, 1994 in Berlin at the age of 85.Today, he is perhaps best remembered today for his chronoscopes (wrist watches) which are manufactured by the Junghans company in Germany. His works are also held in the collections of a number of institutions, including The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., among others.

Related Categories

Bauhaus, Furniture, Impressionist and Modern Art

Related Artists

Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Le Corbusier, Oskar Schlemmer

Max Bill Artworks

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Max Bill (2,248 results)
Ohne Titel, 1975

Max Bill

Ohne Titel, 1975

Sale Date: March 24, 2005

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Ohne Titel, 1974

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Ohne Titel, 1974

Sale Date: March 24, 2005

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Ohne Titel, 1972

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Ohne Titel, 1972

Sale Date: March 24, 2005

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Transcolouration aus violett und rot, 1972–1974

Max Bill

Transcolouration aus violett und rot, 1972–1974

Sale Date: April 6, 2005

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Variation 8, 1938

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Variation 8, 1938

Sale Date: March 14, 2005

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Zwillinge, 1968

Max Bill

Zwillinge, 1968

Sale Date: March 14, 2005

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Kern aus Doppelungen I, Multiple, 1968

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Kern aus Doppelungen I, Multiple, 1968

Sale Date: March 14, 2005

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Einheit aus drei gleichen Volumen, 1968

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Einheit aus drei gleichen Volumen, 1968

Sale Date: March 14, 2005

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Veränderung von Weiss in Violett, 1965

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Veränderung von Weiss in Violett, 1965

Sale Date: March 14, 2005

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Konstruktion mit fünf Farben, 1949–1950

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Konstruktion mit fünf Farben, 1949–1950

Sale Date: March 14, 2005

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16 constellations (portfolio of 16 w/text &..., 1974

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16 constellations (portfolio of 16 w/text &..., 1974

Sale Date: March 10, 2005

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Geometrische Komposition, 1972

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Geometrische Komposition, 1972

Sale Date: November 11, 2004

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Vier quantengleiche variationen (portfolio..., 1989

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Vier quantengleiche variationen (portfolio..., 1989

Sale Date: November 11, 2004

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Max Bill (portfolio of 10), 1941

Max Bill

Max Bill (portfolio of 10), 1941

Sale Date: November 11, 2004

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Konzentration um violett, 1969

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Konzentration um violett, 1969

Sale Date: November 24, 2004

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Radiazione dal rosa, 1972–1973

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Radiazione dal rosa, 1972–1973

Sale Date: February 10, 2005

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4 Rhythmus um weiss, 1967

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4 Rhythmus um weiss, 1967

Sale Date: May 25, 2004

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Prisma, 1968

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Prisma, 1968

Sale Date: December 4, 2004

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Vier Quadrate mit je sechs gleichen Farben, 1993

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Vier Quadrate mit je sechs gleichen Farben, 1993

Sale Date: December 8, 2004

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Kreis, Quadrat, Dreieck (triptych), 1983

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Kreis, Quadrat, Dreieck (triptych), 1983

Sale Date: December 8, 2004

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Quadrat über Eck mit weisser Trennlinie, 1965–1966

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Quadrat über Eck mit weisser Trennlinie, 1965–1966

Sale Date: December 8, 2004

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Komposition mit Stäben, 1982

Max Bill

Komposition mit Stäben, 1982

Sale Date: December 8, 2004

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Grosse Komposition um unregelmässiges,..., 1983

Max Bill

Grosse Komposition um unregelmässiges,..., 1983

Sale Date: December 8, 2004

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Komposition mit Gelb und Violett, 1973

Max Bill

Komposition mit Gelb und Violett, 1973

Sale Date: December 8, 2004

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