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Willi Baumeister

(German, 1889–1955)

Willi Baumeister

Afrikanische Geister, 1949

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Willi Baumeister

Senkrechte mit Wimpelform, 1938

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Willi Baumeister

Figur in Bewegung, 1936–1937

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Willi Baumeister

Ballspieler im Kreis, 1935

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Timeline

1889: Born in Stuttgart, Germany
1905 - 1907: Trained as decorative painter
1905 - 1911: Attended the Königlich Württembergische Akademie der Bildenden Künste (Royal Württemberg Academy of Fine Arts) in Stuttgart, Germany
1905 - 1912: Traveled to Lake Constance and Paris
First exhibition in Stuttgart, Germany
Befriended Oskar Schlemmer and Otto Meyer-Amden
1912 - 1913: Traveled to Amden, Switzerland
Participated in exhibitions including the Erster Deutscher Herbstsalon (First German Autumn Salon) at the gallery Der Sturm in Berlin, Germany
1914 - 1918: Traveled to Antwerp, Amsterdam, London, and Paris
Served in World War I
1919: Studied under Adolf Hölzel
Co-founded the Üecht Group Stuttgart
Became member of the Berlin Novembergruppe (November Group)
Executed first stage design
Worked as a typographer
1922: First international publication in the art journal L'Esprit Nouveau, Paris, France
1923 - 1926: Exhibited in Germany and abroad
Visited the Bauhaus in Weimar, Germany
Met Wassily Kandinsky and Paul Klee
1926: Married Margarete (Margrit) Oehm
1927: Offered professorship in typography, commercial graphics, and fabric printing at the Städtische Kunstgewerbeschule (Frankfurt School of Applied Arts) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Became member of neue werbegestalter (circle of new commercial designers)
1928: Moved to Frankfurt am Main, Germany
1929: Befriended Julius Bissier
Visited Fernand Léger, Le Corbusier, Ozenfant, Carl Einstein, Christian Zervos, and Roger Ginsburger in Paris, France
Became member of the artist association Cercle et Carré
1931: Became member of the artist group Abstraction-Création
First monograph by Will Grohmann published
Began exploration of prehistoric art
Invited by Madame de Mandrot to an artist gathering at the Château La Sarraz, Switzerland
1933: Dismissed without notice from his Frankfurter teaching position and denounced as a degenerate artist
1935: Traveled to Milan, Italy; met Carlo Carrà
1937 - 1938: Participated in the Constructivists Exhibition in Basel
Exhibited in the Entartete Kunst Munich
Stored paintings, gouaches, and drawings in the Kunsthalle Basel to keep them out of reach from the National Socialists
Traveled to Paris, France, met with Fernand Léger, Le Corbusier, and gallery owner Jeanne Bucher
Began work with the Wuppertal varnish factory, Dr. Kurt Herberts & Co., researching and writing on painting techniques and their historical origins
1941: Prohibited from painting and exhibiting, according to the decree of the Reichskammer der Bildenden Künste (National Art Chamber)
Traveled to Verona, Venice, Bologna, and Florence
1946: Offered professorship at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste (State Academy of Fine Arts) in Stuttgart, Germany
1947: His manuscript Das Unbekannte in der Kunst published in Stuttgart
Produced stage designs for Manuel de Falla's ballet Liebeszauber (Love Spell) at the Württemberg Staatstheater in Stuttgart, Germany
1948: Participated in the Venice Biennale and the Salon des Réalités Nouvelles in Paris, France
1949: Co-founded Gruppe der Gegenstandslosen (Group of Nonrepresentational Artists) (renamed Group ZEN 49 in January 1950)
Produces stage design for Egon Vietta's Monte Cassino, directed by Gustav Rudolf Sellner in Essen, Germany
1950: Participated in the Ersten Darmstädter Gespräch (First Darmstadt Dialogues)
Traveled to Spain and France, and participated in the Second International Art Congress of the Escuela de Altamira in Santillana del Mar
1951: Participated in the first Biennale in São Paulo, received Biennale Prize
1952: Participated in the Venice Biennale
1953: Produced stage design for Max Kommerell's Kasperlespiele für große Leute (Punch and Judy Show for Grown-Ups), directed by Gustav Rudolf Sellner
1955: Klimt-Honor, the Vienna Secession
Died while painting in his studio in Stuttgart, Germany

Exhibitions

2012: Winterthur Willi Baumeister 1889-1955. Kunstmuseum, Jan. 28-Apr. 22, 2012.
: Rovereto Willi Baumeister 1889-1955. Museo d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto MART, July 24-Sept. 23, 2012.
2011: Palma de Mallorca Willi Baumeister 1889-1955. Fundación Juan March, June 1-Dec. 12, 2011.
: Stuttgart »Art is a Science [Kunst ist eine Wissenschaft]«. Hölzel, Baumeister and the Stuttgart Academy. Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, June 25-Oct. 23, 2011.
2010: Stuttgart, Willi Baumeister. Gilgamesch. Staatsgalerie, Dec. 11, 2010-May 1, 2011.
2007: Baumeister as Stage Designer (Baumeister als Bühnenbildner). Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Sep. 29-Dec. 9
2006: Wuppertal, Von der Heydt-Museum, Feb. 12-Mar. 26
2005 - 2006: Munster, Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Nov. 27 - Jan. 29
2005: Willi Baumeister: Figures and Signs (Figuren und Zeichen). Hamburg, Bucerius Kunstforum, Aug. 31-Oct. 30
: Willi Baumeister: The Frankfurt Years 1928-1933 (Die Frankfurter Jahre 1928-1933). Museum Giersch, Mar. 20-Jul. 10
2004 - 2005: Willi Baumeister - Karl Hofer: An Encounter of the Pictures (Begegnung der Bilder). Museum der bildenden Künste, Dec. 19 - Feb. 27
2003 - 2004: Willi Baumeister. Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Sala de Exposiciones Fundación Caja Madrid, Oct. 30 - Feb. 22
2000: Saint-Etienne, Musée d'Art Moderne, Dec. 22, 1999-Mar. 26
1999: Willi Baumeister and France (Willi Baumeister et la France). Colmar, Musée d'Unterlinden, Sep. 4-Dec. 5
1997 - 1998: Germany Pictures: Art from a Divided Land (Deutschlandbilder - Kunst aus einem geteilten Land). Berlin, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Sep. 7 - Jan. 11
1997: The 1930s in Europe: The Hostile Time 1929-1939 (Années 30 en Europe - Le Temps menaçant 1929-1939). Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Feb. 20-May 25
1992: Berlin, Altes Museum, Mar. 4-May 31
1991 - 1992: Washington DC, International Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Oct. 8 - Jan.12
1991: Degenerate Art: The Fate of the Avant-Garde in Nazi-Germany / Entartete Kunst: Das Schicksal der Avantgarde im Nazideutschland. Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Feb. 17-May 12
: Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, Jun. 22-Sep. 8
1989: Willi Baumeister. Berlin, Nationalgalerie SMPK, Apr. 7-May 28
: Willi Baumeister: Typography and Advertising Design (Typographie und Reklamegestaltung). Stuttgart, Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Oct. 14-Nov. 17
1985: Contrasts of Form: Geometric Abstract Art 1910-1980 from the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art including the Riklis Collection of McCrory Corporation. New York, The Museum of Modern Art
1984: Bordeaux, Galérie des Beaux-Arts, Jan. 23-Feb. 18
: Luxembourg, Musée de l'Etat, Oct. 5-Nov. 11
1983: Lyon, Musée des Beaux Arts, Mar./Apr.
: Strasbourg, Musée d'Art Moderne, Oct. 7-Nov. 27
: Genève, Musée Rath, Nov. 4, 1982-Jan. 16
: Gent, Museum van Heedendagse Kunst, Jan. 8-Feb. 20
: Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, Jul. 9-Sep. 5
: Bruxelles, Musée d'Ixelles, Oct. 27-Dec. 19
: Léger et l'Esprit moderne / Léger and the modern Spirit. Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Mar. 7-Jun. 6
: Turku, Kunstmuseum, Mar./Apr
1982: Helsinki, Ateneum, Jan. 29-Feb. 21
: Haarlem, Frans Hals Museum, May 14-Jun. 20
1981: Willi Baumeister 1889-1955: Paintings - Drawings (Gemälde - Zeichnungen). An exhibition of the Institut für Auslandsbeziehungeny in Stuttgart. Høvikodden, Henie-Onstad Kunstsentret, Feb.-Mar.
: København, Statens Museum for Kunst, Apr. 4-May 3
1979: Willi Baumeister 1945-1955. An exhibition organized by the Württembergischer Kunstverein, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, and Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Stuttgart. Stuttgart, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Mar. 28-May 6
: Schlemmer, Baumeister, Krause - Wuppertal 1937-1944. Wuppertal, Von der Heydt-Museum, May 20-Jul. 1
1978: Paris - Berlin, 1900-1933. Paris, Centre National d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou, Jul. 12-Nov. 6
1971: Willi Baumeister (1889-1955). Roma, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Mar. 13-Apr. 25
1969: Willi Baumeister 1889-1955: Drawings (Zeichnungen). Stuttgart, Galerie der Stadt Stuttgart, Mar. 1-Apr. 27
1967: Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Jan. 6-Feb. 12
1966: Willi Baumeister: Paintings, Drawings (Peintures, Dessins). Schaffhausen, Museum zu Allerheiligen, Jun. 11-Jul. 31
: Genève, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Sep. 16-Oct. 23
: Karlsruhe, Badischer Kunstverein, Apr. 11-May 16
1965: Willi Baumeister: Paintings and Drawings (Gemälde und Zeichnungen). Köln, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Jan. 16-Mar. 14
1964: documenta III - Painting, Sculpture (Malerei, Skulptur). Kassel, Museum Fridericianum, Jun. 27-Oct. 5
1963: The Great Occasion of Art in the 20th Century (La Grande Aventure de l'Art du XXème Siècle). Strasbourg, Château des Rohan, Jun. 8-Sep. 15
1962: Art from 1900 to Today. Inaugural Exhibition (Kunst von 1900 bis heute. Eröffnungsausstellung). Wien, Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Sep. 21-Nov. 4
1960: Willi Baumeister - E. W. Nay. Basel, Kunsthalle Basel, Feb. 27-Mar. 27
: Pictures on exhibit. New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, November
: German Art Since 1945 (Arte alemã desde 1945). Rio de Janeiro, Museu de Arte moderna do Rio de Janeiro, September
: XXX Venice Biennale (XXX Biennale di Venezia). Venezia
1959: documenta II - Art after 1945, Painting (Kunst nach 1945, Malerei). Kassel, Museum Fridericianum, Jul. 11-Oct. 11
1958: 50 Years of Modern Art: Brussels World and International Exposition (50 Ans d'Art Moderne: Exposition universelle et internationale de Bruxelles). Bruxelles, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Apr. 17-Jul. 21
: Saint Louis, City Art Museum of St. Louis, Jan. 8-Feb. 24
: Painting from Germany Today (Pittura della Germania d'oggi): Baumeister, Bode, Geiger, Nay, Sonderborg, Thieler, Werner, Winter. Milano, Galleria del Milione, May
1957: German Art of the Twentieth Century. New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Oct. 1-Dec. 8
1956: Hundred years of German painting 1850-1950. London, The Tate Gallery
: Willi Baumeister. Hannover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, May 17-Jun. 24
: Hamburg, Kunstverein in Hamburg, Jul. 7-Aug. 5
: Berlin, Haus am Waldsee, Sep. 18-Oct. 21
1955: Art of the 20th Century (Kunst des XX. Jahrhunderts). Kassel, Museum Fridericianum, Jul. 15-Sep. 18
: Non-Figurative Paintings and Sculpture in Germany Today (Peintures et Sculptures non figuratives en Allemagne d'Aujourd'hui). Paris, Cercle Volney, Apr. 7-May 8 / Düsseldorf, Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Jun. 25-Aug. 30
1954: Willi Baumeister. Stuttgart, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Jan. 23-Feb. 21 (solo)
1953 - 1954: Younger European Painters. New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Dec. 2-Feb. 21
1952: Willi Baumeister. New York, Hacker Gallery, Mar. 31-Apr. 26 (solo)
: XXVI Venice Biennale (XXVI Biennale di Venezia). Venezia
1951: German Artist Union 1950: First Exhibition (Deutscher Künstlerbund 1950: Erste Ausstellung). Berlin, Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Aug. 1-Oct. 1
1950: The Human Image in Our Time (Das Menschenbild in unserer Zeit). Neue Darmstädter Sezession. Exhibition summer 1950. Darmstadt, Mathildenhöhe Ausstellungshalle, Jul. 15-Sep. 3
: ZEN 49: First Exhibition (Erste Ausstellung). Munich, Central Art Collecting Point, April
1949: Willi Baumeister. Paris, Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Nov.-Dec. (solo)
1948: New Realities - Third Salon (Réalités Nouvelles - 3ème Salon). Paris, Palais des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, Jul. 23-Aug. 30
1939: Willi Baumeister: Paintings and Watercolors (Toiles et Aquarelles). Paris, Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Jan. 20-30 (solo)
1938: Twentieth Century German Art. London, New Burlington Galleries, Jul. 8-Jul. 20
1937: Origins and Development of International Independent Art (Origines et développement de l'art international indépendant). Exhibition organized by the Musée du Jeu de Paume. Paris, Musée du Jeu de Paume, Jul. 30-Oct. 31
1935: Exhibits in Milan and Rome
1932 - 1933: Living German Art (Lebendige Deutsche Kunst). 3-part exhibition series. Organized by Paul Cassirer and Alfred Flechtheim. First Exhibition. Berlin, Galerie Paul Cassirer, Dec. 10 - Mid-Jan
1931: Adolf Loos Buildings: Photographs, Plans, Text - Willi Baumeister, Paintings, Wall Pictures, Graphic Works (Adolf Loos, Bauten: Fotografien, Pläne, Text. - Willi Baumeister, Gemälde, Mauerbilder, Grafik). Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt Kunstverein, Jan. 31-Feb. 14
: The XVII Venice Biennale (La XVII Biennale di Venezia). Venice
1930: Willi Baumeister. Paris, Galerie Editions Bonaparte, Apr. 5-Apr. 23 (solo)
1927: Willi Baumeister. Paris, Galerie d'Art Contemporain, Jan. 18-Feb. 1 (solo)
: Great Berlin Art Exhibition (Große Berliner Kunstausstellung). Berlin, Landesausstellungsgebäude am Lehrter Bahnhof, May 7-Sep. 30
: Werkbund Exhibition The Dwelling (Die Wohnung). Stuttgart, Weißenhof Housing Settlement and other venues, Jul. 23-Oct. 9, Stuttgart
1926: Exhibits at the International Exhibition of Modern Art in New York
1924 - 1925: First General German Art Exhibition. Moscow, Saratov, Leningrad
1924: Joseph Pobereschsky, Lidija Dmitriewskaja, Kurt Schwitters, Willi Baumeister, 130th Exhibition (130. Ausstellung). Berlin, Gallery Der Sturm
1923: Adolf Hölzel and His Circle (Adolf Hölzel und sein Kreis). Stuttgart, Kunsthaus Schaller
1922: Berlin, Gallery Der Sturm, March
1920: Exhibits with Oskar Schlemmer and Kurt Schwitters in Dresden
: Berlin, Gallery Der Sturm, Sep. 20-Dec. 1
1913: First German Autumn Salon
1910: Stuttgart, Contemporary French Artists

Willi Baumeister

(German, 1889–1955)

Willi Baumeister

Willi Baumeister

Willi Baumeister

Willi Baumeister

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