Werner Graeff

Name: Werner Graeff
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Ein Bauhauskünstler berichtet / Recollections of a Bauhaus Artist

By Eveline Berger and Roman Zieglgänsberger

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Werner Graeff was a multifaceted artist involved in painting, graphic arts, typography, photography, and sculpture. As a key figure in the German Bauhaus movement and Constructivism, this volume showcases his autobiography "Hürdenlauf durch das 20. Jahrhundert" (The Obstacle Race of the 20th Century) for the first time, accompanied by a curated selection of his texts. Graeff's artistic journey spans from his studies at the Bauhaus in Weimar, membership in the Dutch De Stijl group, collaboration with Willi Baumeister and Kurt Schwitters' "ring neue werbegestalter," to his focus on film and photography, and later his return to the Ruhr region where he resumed his work as an independent artist. Illustrated with numerous paintings, pictograms, drawings, and graphic works, this book offers an insightful exploration of both Graeff's life and the evolving landscape of 20th-century German art.
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This book is ideal for readers interested in Bauhaus, Constructivism, 20th-century German art history, and multidisciplinary artists. It will also appeal to those who appreciate autobiographical accounts and avant-garde art movements.

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Werner Graeff - painter, graphic artist, typographer, photographer and sculptor - is an important Bauhaus artist and a significant representative of Constructivism in Germany. Prompted by his friend Mies van der Rohe, he wrote his moving autobiography Hürdenlauf durch das 20. Jahrhundert (The Obstacle Race of the 20th century), which this volume publishes for the first time with a representative selection of texts.

Werner Graeff (1901 - 1978) was a student at the Bauhaus in Weimar and from 1921 a member of the De Stijl Dutch artists' group. Together with Willi Baumeister, he was also closely associated with the "ring neue werbegestalter" founded in 1927 by Kurt Schwitters.

At an early stage, he focused much of his attention on film and photography, but in 1951, after his return to the Ruhr region from exile in Switzerland, he once again increasingly devoted himself to his work as an independent artist.

Illustrated with a large number of paintings, pictograms, multiples, drawings and graphic works from the artist's estate, this volume leads the reader through Graeff's life and works and is at the same time a fascinating journey through the German art history of the 20th century.

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CHOICE praises the Museum Wiesbaden's monograph for introducing a lesser-known artist and highlighting the vitality of the interwar avant-garde, recommending the volume to readers.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9783777427973

Publisher: Hirmer Verlag

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 25 May 2017

Country: Germany

Imprint: Hirmer Verlag

Illustration: Illustrated in colour and black and white throughout

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 196.0mm

Height: 250.0mm

Weight: 1180g

Pages: 288

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Arts & Culture Eveline Berger Non-Fiction Roman Zieglgänsberger

About the Author

Roman Zieglgänsberger is a curator at the Museum Wiesbaden. Evelyn Bergner is an art historian and director of the gallery Bergner + Job in Mainz, Germany.