Willi Baumeister International
19 Oct 2013 - 02 Mar 2014
WILLI BAUMEISTER INTERNATIONAL
19 October 2013 - 2 March 2014
Stuttgart native Willi Baumeister is of the most important artists in post-war Germany. Not only was he instrumental in the development of art in the young state, but as part of the avant-garde he also had a major influence on the advancement of abstract painting in Europe. The Kunstmuseum Stuttgart holds the most comprehensive collection of this works in the world and houses the Baumeister Archive. In the large retrospective Baumeister is presented as an artist of international standing. Works from his own art collection, including pieces by Josef Albers, Hans Arp, Julius Bissier, Georges Braque, Carlo Carrà, Marc Chagall, Albert Gleizes, Roberta Gonzales, Camille Graeser, Hans Hartung, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Franz Krause, Le Corbusier, Fernand Léger, El Lissitzky, August Macke, Kasimir Malewitsch, Otto Meyer-Amden, Joan Miró, László Moholy-Nagy, Amédée Ozenfant, Pablo Picasso, Oscar Schlemmer, Kurt Schwitters, Michel Seuphor, Gino Severini, Alexej von Jawlensky und Zao Wou-Ki, assembled through friendships with other artists are, for the first time shown in public in the exhibition.
19 October 2013 - 2 March 2014
Stuttgart native Willi Baumeister is of the most important artists in post-war Germany. Not only was he instrumental in the development of art in the young state, but as part of the avant-garde he also had a major influence on the advancement of abstract painting in Europe. The Kunstmuseum Stuttgart holds the most comprehensive collection of this works in the world and houses the Baumeister Archive. In the large retrospective Baumeister is presented as an artist of international standing. Works from his own art collection, including pieces by Josef Albers, Hans Arp, Julius Bissier, Georges Braque, Carlo Carrà, Marc Chagall, Albert Gleizes, Roberta Gonzales, Camille Graeser, Hans Hartung, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Franz Krause, Le Corbusier, Fernand Léger, El Lissitzky, August Macke, Kasimir Malewitsch, Otto Meyer-Amden, Joan Miró, László Moholy-Nagy, Amédée Ozenfant, Pablo Picasso, Oscar Schlemmer, Kurt Schwitters, Michel Seuphor, Gino Severini, Alexej von Jawlensky und Zao Wou-Ki, assembled through friendships with other artists are, for the first time shown in public in the exhibition.