Willi Baumeister
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Willi Baumeister (January 22, 1889 - August 31, 1955) was a German painter, scenic designer, and typographer.
Baumeister was born in Stuttgart. There, he was educated as a decoration painter between 1905 and 1907. At the same time, he began to study art at the Stuttgarter Kunstakademie underh Robert Poetzelberger and Josef Kerschensteiner, but had to interrupt this because of obligatory military service.
In 1926, Baumeister marries the painter Margarete Oehm. In 1927, starts teaching as professor at the Städelschule in Frankfurt, but is removed from this position on March 31, 1933, by the Nazis.
Baumeister died in Stuttgart.
[edit] External links
- Official web page (in German)
- Stuttgart Art museum (in German)
- LEMO Biography (in German)
- Baumeister and Stuttgart (in German)
- Woks at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
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| NAME | Baumeister, Willi |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | German painter, scenic designer, and typographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 22, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 31, 1955 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Stuttgart |
