Oskar Schlemmer Bauhaus Painting

63 7 8 x 45 162 3 x 114 3 cm.
Oskar schlemmer bauhaus painting. The children s art book tribal dances is dedicated to oskar schlemmer and his works of art that fire the imagination of young and old with a child oriented swing. In 1923 he was hired as master of form at the bauhaus theatre workshop after working some time at the workshop of sculpture. Gift of philip johnson. Oskar schlemmer 4 september 1888 13 april 1943 was a german painter sculptor designer and choreographer associated with the bauhaus school.
Between 1906 and 1910 he studied for one semester at the school of applied arts in stuttgart and then received a scholarship to the city s akademie der bildende künste academy of art. In 1923 he was hired as master of form at the bauhaus theatre workshop after working at the workshop of sculpture. His most famous work is triadisches ballett triadic ballet which saw costumed actors transformed into geometrical. Oskar schlemmer studied applied graphic design at a marquetry workshop in stuttgart from 1903 to 1905.
Oskar schlemmer unterweisung 1932. The production went on to tour throughout europe in the 1920s to cities including weimar frankfurt berlin and paris spreading the bauhaus ideas of modern art. Oskar schlemmer 4 september 1888 13 april 1943 was a german painter sculptor designer and choreographer associated with the bauhaus school. Tribal the new dancer of the ballet troupe slips into one of schlemmer s crazy costumes and sets off on a search for clues.
A pioneer of abstract art and dance associated with the bauhaus oskar schlemmer was primarily concerned with the figure in space which he explored through painting sculpture and choreography schlemmer was appointed to run the sculpture and mural painting workshops at the bauhaus in 1920 the same year that paul klee entered its faculty before he moved into the theater workshop. After gropius resignation in 1929 schlemmer also left the bauhaus and accepted a post at the akademie in breslau in the same year. The bauhaus revolutionised the way in which art was taught and created and schlemmer is seen as a key figure in shaping its forward thinking and collaborative ethos. Oskar schlemmer the german artist best known for his association with the bauhaus movement would have been 130 years old today.
Schlemmer spent the years 1928 to 1930 working on nine murals for a room in the folkwang museum in essen. From the bauhaus schlemmer moved to breslau another german city where he continued to work in theatre and teach state art academy.
