Oskar Schlemmer
- 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 at the workshop of sculpture. His most famous work is Triadisches Ballett (Triadic Ballet), which saw costumed actors transformed into geometrical representations of the human body in what he described as a "party of form and colour".
- Wikidata
- Q458816
- 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, Choreographer, Designer, Teacher, Engraver, Director, Muralist, Painter, Photographer, Sculptor
- Names
- Oskar Schlemmer, Oscar Schlemmer, Schlemmer
- Ulan
- 500010968
Exhibitions
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513: Design for Modern Life
Through summer 2021
MoMA
Collection gallery
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Modern Photographs from the Thomas Walther Collection,
1909–1949 Dec 13, 2014–Apr 19, 2015
MoMA
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Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900–2000
Jul 29–Nov 5, 2012
MoMA
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Bauhaus 1919–1933: Workshops for Modernity
Nov 8, 2009–Jan 25, 2010
MoMA
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Stage Pictures: Drawing for Performance
Mar 11–Sep 7, 2009
MoMA
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Oskar Schlemmer has
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Oskar Schlemmer Poster for the Neuer Kunstsalon, Stuttgart (Plakat, Neuer Kunstsalon, Stuttgart) 1913
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Oskar Schlemmer The Figural Cabinet (Das figurale Kabinett) (1922)
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Oskar Schlemmer Play on Heads (Spiel mit Köpfen) (1923, prints executed c. 1920)
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Oskar Schlemmer Three Vertical Profiles (Drei senkrechte Profile) from Play on Heads (Spiel mit Köpfen) (c. 1920, published 1923)
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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)
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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)
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Oskar Schlemmer _Three Heads, Superimposed (Drei Köpfe, ineinander) _ from Play on Heads (Spiel mit Köpfen) (c. 1920, published 1923)
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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)
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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)
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Oskar Schlemmer Cover (Mappenumschlag) from Play on Heads (Spiel mit Köpfen) (1923)
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Oskar Schlemmer _Title page (Titelblatt) _ from Play on Heads (Spiel mit Köpfen) (1923)
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Oskar Schlemmer Postcard for the Bauhaus Exhibition (Postkarte für die Bauhaus-Ausstellung) (1923)
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Oskar Schlemmer Bauhaus Ausstellung Weimar Juli - Sept 1923 1923
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Oskar Schlemmer Figurines in Space: Study for the Triadic Ballet (Figurinen im Raum: Mise-en-scène for Das Triadische Ballett) c. 1924
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Oskar Schlemmer Poster for unrealized performances of The Triadic Ballet (Das Triadische Ballet), Leibniz-Akademie, Hannover 1924
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Oskar Schlemmer Poster for the Great Bridge Revue (Große Brücken Revue) 1926
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Oskar Schlemmer Bauhaus Stairway 1932
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Oskar Schlemmer Figures in a Room (Figuren im Raum) 1936
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Oskar Schlemmer Notes and sketches for The Triadic Ballet (Das triadische Ballett) c. 1938
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Oskar Schlemmer Notes and sketches for The Triadic Ballet (Das triadische Ballett) c. 1938
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Oskar Schlemmer Two Gold Ball Dancers (Die zwei Goldkugel-Tänzer) from Notes and sketches for The Triadic Ballet (Das triadische Ballett) c. 1938
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Oskar Schlemmer Abstract Dancer (Der Abstrakte) from Notes and sketches for The Triadic Ballet (Das triadische Ballett) c. 1938
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Oskar Schlemmer Disk Dancer (Scheibentänzer) from Notes and sketches for The Triadic Ballet (Das triadische Ballett) c. 1938
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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
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Oskar Schlemmer Spiral (Spirale) from Notes and sketches for The Triadic Ballet (Das triadische Ballett) c. 1938
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Oskar Schlemmer Wire Costume (Draht-Kostüm) from Notes and sketches for The Triadic Ballet (Das triadische Ballett) c. 1938
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Oskar Schlemmer Dancer in White (Tänzerin in Weiss) from Notes and sketches for The Triadic Ballet (Das triadische Ballett) c. 1938
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