Willi Baumeister [SEP] place of death
Willi Baumeister
Willi Baumeister (22 January 1889 – 31 August 1955) was a German painter, scenic designer, art professor, and typographer.
Life.
"Willi Baumeister", born in Stuttgart in 1889, completed an apprenticeship as a decorative painter in his native city from 1905 to 1907, followed by military service (fall 1907–1908). During his apprenticeship, Baumeister also began art studies at the Stuttgart Art Academy (Königlich Württembergische Akademie) (1905–1906), attended Robert Poetzelberger’s drawing class, and took
Kunstverlag, 2007,
- Chametzky, Peter. "Objects as History in Twentieth-Century German Art: Beckmann to Beuys". Berkeley: University of California Press, 2010.
Quotations about Willi Baumeister.
- "In my eyes, the name Baumeister takes an extremely important place among those of modern German artists." (Fernand Léger, 1949)
- "He was the most European of German painters." (Will Grohmann, 1959)
- "Willi Baumeister's art belongs to the healthy