Kurt Schmidt
german

Kurt Schmidt

German 1901–1991, at Bauhaus 1920–25

1919-20 studies at the Kunstgewerbeschule Hamburg. 1920 - 25 studies at the Bauhaus Weimar with Johannes Itten and further with Kandinsky and Schlemmer. 1923 premiere of the "Mechanisches Ballett". 1925 moves to Stuttgart and works at the workspace of a class mate. Friendship with Willi Baumeister. Studies with Adollf Hölzel 1927. After war captivity working as decorator and furniture painter.

 

 

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design for the "Mechanisches Ballett", 1923. Tempera, ink and pencil, signed and dated on slightly beige toned paper. 19 x 26,2 cm.

Ref: E. Deutsch, U. Rüdiger: Kurt Schmidt - Leben und 'Werk, Gera 1990. A variant with little bigger dimensions.

 

 

 


 

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