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About Carl Buchheister

German · 1890–1964

German[1] constructivist Carl Buchheister built mixed-media reliefs in Hannover, co-founding Abstraction Hannover with Kurt Schwitters and advocating art editions for broad access.

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Museums8
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Most worksWestphalian State Museum of Art and Cultural History, Münster · 5 works
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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Who was Carl Buchheister?
    Carl Buchheister, born in Hannover in 1890[1], was the presiding figure of the city's constructivist avant-garde. He co-founded the group Abstraction Hannover with Kurt Schwitters in 1927[1] and served as its president until the Nazis shut it down in 1933. He maintained contacts across the European network, including El Lissitzky and Moholy-Nagy.
  • What is Carl Buchheister known for?
    Carl Buchheister is known for holding the view that works of art ought to be multiplied to make them accessible to a broad public and more appropriate for architectural use. He chose simple, easily reproducible forms for his reliefs and aimed at integrating painting with physical space.
  • What was Carl Buchheister's art style?
    Around 1930[1]-31, Carl Buchheister's major formal contribution was a series of relief constructions that extended painting into actual physical space. For example, Composition: Glass-Wood-String (1931) combines painted wood, glass, and string on a wood support, hovering between painting and relief; the plexiglass pane in the Aluminum Painting was specifically intended to capture the changing environment in reflections, binding the image to its architectural context.

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Where to See guide aggregates verified holdings of Carl Buchheister's works across the following collections.

  1. [1] wikipedia Wikipedia: Carl Buchheister Used for: biography.
  2. [2] book Ansel Adams; Beaumont Newhall; Nancy Newhall; Louise Dahl-Wolfe; Aaron Siskind; Richard Avedon; Harry Callahan; Lee Friedlander; Tina Modotti; W. Eugene Smith; Paul Strand; Edward Weston; Garry Winogrand; Amy Rule, Ansel Adams; Beaumont Newhall; Nancy Newhall; Louise Dahl-Wolfe; Aaron Siskind; Richard Avedon; Harry Callahan; Lee Friedlander; Tina Modotti; W. Eugene Smith; Paul Strand; Edward Weston; Garry Winogrand; Amy Rule - Original sources _ art and ar Used for: biography.
  3. [3] book Michael Siebenbrodt, Bauhaus (1919-1933) Used for: biography.
  4. [4] book guggenheim-artoftomorrowfif1939gugg Used for: biography.
  5. [5] book guggenheim-expger00neug Used for: biography.
  6. [6] book Rococo : art and design in Hogarth's England Used for: biography.
  7. [7] book Landauer, Susan, The not-so-still life : a century of California painting and sculpture Used for: biography.

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