Artists

Oskar Schlemmer

German, 1888–1943

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Introduction
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.
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Introduction
Born 4 September 1888. Oskar Schlemmer worked as an apprentice in a marquetry firm in Stuttgart from 1903 to 1905. From either 1906 to 1910 or 1905 to 1909, he studied at the Stuttgart Academy of Fine Arts and returned to the school from 1912 to 1914. He served in the Germany Army from either 1914 to 1916 or 1918. Schlemmer taught sculpture, mural painting, figure drawing, metalwork and theatre at the Bauhaus, Weimar, and the Bauhaus, Dessau, from 1920 or 1921 to 1929. In either 1919 or 1922 he choreographed the Triadischen Ballet which was shown at various theatre halls in Germany, France and Switzerland from 1922 to 1936. From 1923 to 1927 Schlemmer created stage scenery for theatre companies in Berlin and Magdeburg, Germany, and conducted set design classes at the School of Arts and Crafts in Breslau, Germany, from 1929 to 1932 or 1933. He worked at the Vereinigten Staatsschulen für Kunst und Kunstgewerbe in Berlin-Charlottenburg from 1932 to 1933. He completed wall murals for Dieter Keller's house in Stuttgart and the Martin factory in Offenburg, Germany, in 1940. German artist and designer, Bauhaus professor.
Nationality
German
Gender
Male
Roles
Artist, Engraver, Teacher, Choreographer, Muralist, Designer, Director, Painter, Photographer, Sculptor
Names
Oskar Schlemmer, Oscar Schlemmer
ULAN
500010968
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29 works online

Oskar Schlemmer

Poster for the Neuer Kunstsalon, Stuttgart (Plakat, Neuer Kunstsalon, Stuttgart)

1913

Oskar Schlemmer

Concentric Group: Figure Plan K1 (Konzentrische Gruppe: Figurenplan K) from the portfolio New European Graphics, 1st Portfolio: Masters of the State Bauhaus, Weimar (Neue europäische Graphik, 1. Mappe: Meister des Staatlichen Bauhauses in Weimar)

(1921)

Oskar Schlemmer

Abstract Figure, Facing Left: Figure S (Abstrakte Figur, nach links: Figur S) from Masters' Portfolio of the Staatliches Bauhaus (Meistermappe des Staatlichen Bauhauses)

1922 (published 1923)

Oskar Schlemmer

The Figural Cabinet (Das figurale Kabinett)

(1922)

Oskar Schlemmer

Figure from the Side: Figure H2 Seated (Figur von der Seite: Figur H2 Sitzende) from the portfolio New European Graphics, 1st Portfolio: Masters of the State Bauhaus, Weimar (Neue europäische Graphik, 1. Mappe: Meister des Staatl. Bauhauses in Weimar)

1922 (executed and published 1921)

Oskar Schlemmer

Bauhaus Ausstellung Weimar Juli - Sept 1923

1923

Oskar Schlemmer

Cover (Mappenumschlag) from Play on Heads (Spiel mit Köpfen)

(1923)

Oskar Schlemmer

Play on Heads (Spiel mit Köpfen)

(1923, prints executed c. 1920)

Oskar Schlemmer

Postcard for the Bauhaus Exhibition (Postkarte für die Bauhaus-Ausstellung)

(1923)

Oskar Schlemmer

Three Heads, Superimposed (Drei Köpfe, ineinander) from Play on Heads (Spiel mit Köpfen)

(c. 1920, published 1923)

Oskar Schlemmer

Three Profiles between the Vertical and the Diagonal (Drei Profile zwischen der Senkrechten und der Diagonalen) from Play on Heads (Spiel mit Köpfen)

(c. 1920, published 1923)

Oskar Schlemmer

Three Profiles, the One in the Middle Vertical (Drei Profile, das mittlere senkrecht) from Play on Heads (Spiel mit Köpfen)

(c. 1920, published 1923)

Oskar Schlemmer

Three Vertical Profiles (Drei senkrechte Profile) from Play on Heads (Spiel mit Köpfen)

(c. 1920, published 1923)

Oskar Schlemmer

Three Vertical Profiles, One Pointing to the Right (Drei Profile in Senkrechten, eines nach rechts) from Play on Heads (Spiel mit Köpfen)

(c. 1920, published 1923)

Oskar Schlemmer

Title page (Titelblatt) from Play on Heads (Spiel mit Köpfen)

(1923)

Oskar Schlemmer

Two Profiles to the Left, One to the Right (Zwei Profile nach links, eines nach rechts) from Play on Heads (Spiel mit Köpfen)

(c. 1920, published 1923)

Oskar Schlemmer

Figurines in Space: Study for the Triadic Ballet (Figurinen im Raum: Mise-en-scène for Das Triadische Ballett)

(c. 1924)

Oskar Schlemmer

Poster for the Great Bridge Revue (Große Brücken Revue)

1926

Oskar Schlemmer

Bauhaus Stairway

1932

Oskar Schlemmer

Figures in a Room (Figuren im Raum)

(1936)

Oskar Schlemmer

Abstract Dancer (Der Abstrakte) from Notes and Sketches for the Triadic Ballet (Das triadische Ballett)

(c. 1938)

Oskar Schlemmer

Dancer (Turkish): Partner of Dancer 8 (Tänzer [Türkisch]: Partner der Tänzerin 8) from Notes and Sketches for the Triadic Ballet (Das triadische Ballett)

(c. 1938)

Oskar Schlemmer

Dancer in White (Tänzerin in Weiss) from Notes and Sketches for the Triadic Ballet (Das triadische Ballett)

(c. 1938)

Oskar Schlemmer

Disk Dancer (Scheibentänzer) from Notes and Sketches for the Triadic Ballet (Das triadische Ballett)

(c. 1938)

Oskar Schlemmer

Notes and Sketches for the Triadic Ballet (Das triadische Ballett)

(c. 1938)

Oskar Schlemmer

Notes and Sketches for the Triadic Ballet (Triadische Ballett)

(c. 1938)

Oskar Schlemmer

Spiral (Spirale) from Notes and Sketches for the Triadic Ballet (Das triadische Ballett)

(c. 1938)

Oskar Schlemmer

Two Gold Ball Dancers (Die zwei Goldkugel-Tänzer) from Notes and Sketches for the Triadic Ballet (Das triadische Ballett)

(c. 1938)

Oskar Schlemmer

Wire Costume (Draht-Kostüm) from Notes and Sketches for the Triadic Ballet (Das triadische Ballett)

(c. 1938)