Werner Graeff
- Introduction
- Werner Graeff (also Gräff), 24 August 24, 1901, Wuppertal - 29 August 29, 1978, Blacksburg, Virginia) was a German sculptor, painter, graphic artist, photographer, film maker and inventor. In 1921 he started studying at the Bauhaus in Weimar. Here he soon became under the influence of Theo van Doesberg, and participated in a meeting in Weimar in May 1922 where van Doesberg, El Lissitzky and Hans Richter planned the intervention of the International Constructivist Faction at the International Congress of Progressive Artists held in Düsseldorf, 29-31 May 1922.
- Wikidata
- Q924094
- Nationality
- German
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Graphic Artist, Painter, Photographer
- Name
- Werner Graeff
- Ulan
- 500083866
Exhibitions
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Engineer, Agitator, Constructor: The Artist Reinvented
Through Apr 10
MoMA
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511: The Vertical City
Oct 21, 2019–Oct 12, 2020
MoMA
Collection gallery
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519: Architecture for Modern Art
Ongoing
MoMA
Collection gallery
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Cut ’n’ Paste: From Architectural Assemblage to Collage City
Jul 10, 2013–Jan 5, 2014
MoMA
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Building Collections: Recent Acquisitions of Architecture
Nov 10, 2010–May 30, 2011
MoMA
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Werner Graeff has
6 exhibitionsonline.
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Werner Graeff Construction 1921
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Hans Richter, El Lissitzky, Werner Graeff, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Frederick Kiesler G: Material zur elementaren Gestaltung (Material for Elementary Construction) no.1, July 1923 1923
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Hans Richter, Werner Graeff, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe G: Material zur elementaren Gestaltung (Material for Elementary Construction) no.2, September 1923 1923
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Hans Richter, Werner Graeff, Frederick Kiesler, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe G: Zeitschrift für elementare Gestaltung (Journal for Elementary Construction) no.3, June 1924 1924
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Hans Richter, Werner Graeff, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe G: Zeitschrift für elementare Gestaltung (Journal for Elementary Construction) no.4, March 1926 1926
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Hans Richter, Werner Graeff, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe G: Zeitschrift für elementare Gestaltung (Journal for Elementary Construction) no.5-6, April 1926 1926
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