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| − | '''Max Bill''' (1908-1994) was a [[Swiss]] abstract [[painter]]. He was member of the Bauhaus | + | [[File:Bill.max.gif|right]] |
| + | '''Max Bill''' (1908 - 1994) was a [[Swiss]] abstract [[painter]], architect and sculptor. He was member of the Bauhaus along with Moholy-Nagy, Marcel Breuer, Herbert Bayer and Joseph Albers. It is considered that his work remained "pure" in abstract ideology or [[Abstract art|abstractionism]]. | ||
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| + | ''Max Bill, a member of the Swiss 'Zurich Concrete' group, was an architect, painter, sculptor, politician, educationalist, writer, in short, a 'universal creator'.'' <ref>http://www.abstract-art.com/abstraction/l2_grnfthrs_fldr/g073a_maxbill_dist.html</ref> | ||
| + | </blockquote> | ||
| − | <gallery> | + | In 1968, Bill received the Zurich Art Award; he died in 1994, at the age of 86 years on December 9 during a visit to Berlin. <ref>http://www.artnet.com/artist/2481/max-bill.html</ref> |
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| + | <center> | ||
| + | <gallery perrow="5"> | ||
Image:Bill 6-part Movement 1 2 3.jpg|6-part Movement 1:2:3 | Image:Bill 6-part Movement 1 2 3.jpg|6-part Movement 1:2:3 | ||
Image:Bill Abstract Lithograph.jpg|Abstract Lithograph | Image:Bill Abstract Lithograph.jpg|Abstract Lithograph | ||
| + | Image:Bill Zerstrahlung von violett.jpg|Zerstrahlung von violett | ||
| + | Image:Bill Variation 13.jpg|Variation 13 | ||
| + | Image:Bill Octagon.jpg|Octagon | ||
| + | </gallery> | ||
| + | [[File:Max Bill Untitled 1972.jpg]] | ||
| − | </ | + | Untitled, 1972. |
| + | </center> | ||
| + | ==References== | ||
| + | {{reflist}} | ||
| + | == See also == | ||
| + | *[[Painting Galleries]] | ||
| + | *[[Abstract painting]] | ||
| + | *[[Contemporary painting]] | ||
| + | == External links == | ||
| + | *[http://wwar.com/masters/b/bill-max.html Max Bill] | ||
| + | *[http://emagazine.credit-suisse.com/app/article/index.cfm?fuseaction=OpenArticle&aoid=216505&coid=139&lang=EN Max Bill Retrospective Honors the Swiss Sculptor] | ||
| + | *[http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/bill_max.html Max Bill] | ||
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| + | [[Category:Swiss Painters]] | ||
Latest revision as of 21:04, May 12, 2017
Max Bill (1908 - 1994) was a Swiss abstract painter, architect and sculptor. He was member of the Bauhaus along with Moholy-Nagy, Marcel Breuer, Herbert Bayer and Joseph Albers. It is considered that his work remained "pure" in abstract ideology or abstractionism.
Max Bill, a member of the Swiss 'Zurich Concrete' group, was an architect, painter, sculptor, politician, educationalist, writer, in short, a 'universal creator'. [1]
In 1968, Bill received the Zurich Art Award; he died in 1994, at the age of 86 years on December 9 during a visit to Berlin. [2]
6-part Movement 1:2:3
Abstract Lithograph
Zerstrahlung von violett
Variation 13
Octagon
Untitled, 1972.