biography
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| lived:
| (1880–1966)
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| biography:
| Painter and teacher, born in Weissenberg, SEC Germany. He studied painting in Munich, then lived in Paris, where he was influenced by Matisse. He returned to Germany in 1914, opening an art school in Munich. In 1930 he emigrated to the USA, taught at the University of California, Berkeley (1930–1) then began his own school in New York (1934), influencing such artists as Burgoyne Diller and Louise Nevelson. He used many styles, but remained true to his search for what he called ‘the inner life of things’. His distinctive approach is seen in such notable works as ‘Effervescence’ (1944), and ‘Fantasia in Blue’ (1954). |
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