Oskar Schlemmer
Oskar Schlemmer (4 September 1888 – 13 April 1943) was a German painter, sculptor, designer and choreographer associated with the Bauhaus school. In 1923 he was hired as Master of Form at the Bauhaus theatre workshop, after working some time at the workshop of sculpture. His most famous work is "Triadisches Ballett," in which the actors are transfigured from the normal to geometrical shapes. Also in Slat Dance and Treppenwitz, the performers' costumes make them into living sculpture, as if part of the scenery.
Schlemmer's ideas on art were complex and challenging even for the progressive Bauhaus movement. His work, nevertheless, was widely exhibited in both Germany and outside the country. His work was a rejection of pure abstraction, instead retaining a sense of the human, though not in the emotional sense but in view of the physical structure of the human. He represented bodies as architectural forms, reducing the figure to a rhythmic play between convex, concave and flat surfaces. And not just of its form, he was fascinated by every movement the body could make; trying to capture it in his work. As well as leaving a large body of work behind, Schlemmer art theories have also been published. A comprehensive book of his letters and diary entries from 1910 to 1943 is also available.
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'Das Triadische Ballet' by Oskar Schlemmer in 1920's £6.99
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'Folkwang Cycle. Group of Four on Steps with Right-angled Arm Gestures' by Oskar Schlemmer in1929-1930 £6.99
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'Self portrait with Mask' by Oskar Schlemmer £6.99
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'Spiral. From Notes and Sketches for the Triadic Ballet' by Oskar Schlemmer in 1920 £6.99
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'Study for the 'The Triadic Ballet' by Oskar Schlemmer in 1920 £6.99
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'Das Triadische Ballett' by Oskar Schlemmer in 1922 £6.99
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'Das Triadische Ballett' by Oskar Schlemmer in 1922 £6.99
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'Human Space Machine Stage Experiments at the Bauhaus. Design for 'The Robber Ballet' by Oskar Schlemmer in 1925 £6.99
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'The Figural Cabinet (Das figurale Kabinett)' by Oskar Schlemmer in 1922 £6.99