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)
Komposition in vier gleichen Farbmengen, 1976–1976

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Komposition in vier gleichen Farbmengen, 1976–1976

Sale Date: November 26, 2003

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Ohne Titel, 1971–1971

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Ohne Titel, 1971–1971

Sale Date: November 26, 2003

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Ohne Titel, 1988–1988

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Ohne Titel, 1988–1988

Sale Date: November 26, 2003

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Konzentration um violett, 1969–1969

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Konzentration um violett, 1969–1969

Sale Date: November 26, 2003

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Bach, 1929–1929

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Bach, 1929–1929

Sale Date: November 26, 2003

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Konstruktion aus drei gleichen Prismen, 1983–1983

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Konstruktion aus drei gleichen Prismen, 1983–1983

Sale Date: November 7, 2003

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Junger Weiser, 1929–1929

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Junger Weiser, 1929–1929

Sale Date: November 7, 2003

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Transcoloration aus rot zu blau, 1972–1974

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Transcoloration aus rot zu blau, 1972–1974

Sale Date: November 7, 2003

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Rotes quadrat, 1972–1973

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Rotes quadrat, 1972–1973

Sale Date: November 6, 2003

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Geometrische Komposition, 1974–1974

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Geometrische Komposition, 1974–1974

Sale Date: November 6, 2003

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Geometrische Komposition, 1992–1992

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Geometrische Komposition, 1992–1992

Sale Date: November 6, 2003

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Ohne Titel, 1990–1990

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Ohne Titel, 1990–1990

Sale Date: November 6, 2003

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Verdichtung von Violett gegen Gelb, 1964–1964

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Verdichtung von Violett gegen Gelb, 1964–1964

Sale Date: October 24, 2003

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Combillation, 1970–1970

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Combillation, 1970–1970

Sale Date: October 21, 2003

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Ohne Titel, 1985–1985

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Ohne Titel, 1985–1985

Sale Date: October 11, 2003

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Unendliche Fläche für drei Positionen, 1974–1974

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Unendliche Fläche für drei Positionen, 1974–1974

Sale Date: September 29, 2003

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Ohne Titel, 1990–1990

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Ohne Titel, 1990–1990

Sale Date: September 27, 2003

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Vier überlagerte Farben (Four..., 1965–1965

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Vier überlagerte Farben (Four..., 1965–1965

Sale Date: September 23, 2003

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"25 jazz festival montreux july 1991"

Sale Date: September 19, 2003

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14. graphische Reihe, 1994–1994

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14. graphische Reihe, 1994–1994

Sale Date: September 19, 2003

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Ohne Titel (Geometrische Komposition), 1992–1992

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Ohne Titel (Geometrische Komposition), 1992–1992

Sale Date: September 19, 2003

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Gelber Neuntell, 1959

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Gelber Neuntell, 1959

Sale Date: September 14, 2003

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Prisma

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Prisma

Sale Date: July 9, 2003

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"halbe kugel um zwei achsen", 1965–1966

Sale Date: June 27, 2003

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