{"product_id":"werner-graeff-by-eveline-berger-9783777427973","title":"Werner Graeff","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWerner Graeff\u003c\/em\u003e - 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 \u003cem\u003eHürdenlauf durch das 20. Jahrhundert\u003c\/em\u003e (The Obstacle Race of the 20th century), which this volume publishes for the first time with a representative selection of texts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWerner 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIllustrated 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461780586732,"sku":"9783777427973","price":85.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9783777427973-werner-graeff.jpg?v=1774977065","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/werner-graeff-by-eveline-berger-9783777427973","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}