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.

Max Bill Artworks

Max Bill (2,222 results)

Aus: Kunstmappe Schweizerische Mobiliar..., 1972

Max Bill

Aus: Kunstmappe Schweizerische Mobiliar..., 1972

Sale Date: March 16, 2024

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Verwandeltes pythagoreisches Dreieck, 1982

Max Bill

Verwandeltes pythagoreisches Dreieck, 1982

Sale Date: March 16, 2024

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Zwillinge als Viertelskugel, 1968

Max Bill

Zwillinge als Viertelskugel, 1968

Sale Date: May 3, 2024

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o.T., 1988

Max Bill

Sale Date: April 27, 2024

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Ulm stool, 1953

Max Bill, Hans Gugelot and Paul Hildinger

Ulm stool, 1953

Sale Date: March 19, 2024

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Ulm stool, 1953

Max Bill, Hans Gugelot and Paul Hildinger

Ulm stool, 1953

Sale Date: March 19, 2024

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Komplementärfarben durch Überlagerung von..., 1965

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Komplementärfarben durch Überlagerung von..., 1965

Sale Date: March 20, 2024

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Sculpture 'Construction with Three Identical , 1979

Max Bill

Sculpture 'Construction with Three Identical , 1979

Sale Date: March 20, 2024

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Sans titre, 1993

Max Bill

Sans titre, 1993

Sale Date: March 6, 2024

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Acht Farben im horizontal-diagonal-Quadrat, 1964

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Acht Farben im horizontal-diagonal-Quadrat, 1964

Sale Date: March 7, 2024

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halbe kugel um zwei achsen, 1965

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halbe kugel um zwei achsen, 1965

Sale Date: February 20, 2024

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Combillation (Three Pieces)

Max Bill

Combillation (Three Pieces)

Sale Date: February 28, 2024

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Composition géométrique, 1979

Max Bill

Composition géométrique, 1979

Sale Date: February 4, 2024

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Farben und formen, 1987

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Farben und formen, 1987

Sale Date: February 4, 2024

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Chandelier, 1965

Max Bill

Chandelier, 1965

Sale Date: January 25, 2024

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Wall clock and timer, 1954

Max Bill

Wall clock and timer, 1954

Sale Date: January 25, 2024

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Three-Legged chair, 1949

Max Bill

Three-Legged chair, 1949

Sale Date: January 25, 2024

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Combillation, 1970

Max Bill

Combillation, 1970

Sale Date: January 31, 2024

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Untitled, from the Munich Olympics Portfolio, 1970

Max Bill

Untitled, from the Munich Olympics Portfolio, 1970

Sale Date: January 17, 2024

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Combillation, 1970

Max Bill

Combillation, 1970

Sale Date: December 7, 2023

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Strahlung aus Blau, 1959–1971

Max Bill

Strahlung aus Blau, 1959–1971

Sale Date: December 12, 2023

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Grünes Quadrat, 1959

Max Bill

Grünes Quadrat, 1959

Sale Date: December 12, 2023

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Mid-Century Stehlampe Kugelspiel, 1960–1969

Max Bill

Mid-Century Stehlampe Kugelspiel, 1960–1969

Sale Date: December 5, 2023

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Ulm stool, 1953

Max Bill, Hans Gugelot and Paul Hildinger

Ulm stool, 1953

Sale Date: December 5, 2023

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