Oskar Nerlinger

About the Artist

Oskar Nerlinger. Head with a Flashlight. c. 1928. Gelatin silver print, 7 7/8 x 6 3/8" (20 x 16.2 cm). Galerie Berinson, Berlin. © Sigrid Nerlinger

Meeting Points

Cultural Hubs Berlin
Schools Levy Gallery, 1931–49
Exhibitions Film und Foto, 1929
Foto der Gegenwart, 1929
Fotomontage, 1931
Publications Es kommt der neue Fotograf!, 1929

Artist Chronology

March 23, 1893	Born At location: Oskar Nerlinger	Pforzheim
1912–15	Studies at the Unterrichtsanstalt des Kunstgewerbemuseums At location: Oskar Nerlinger	Berlin
1915–18	Drafted into the German army At location: Oskar Nerlinger	Germany
1921	Joins Herwarth Walden's Galerie der Sturm At location: Oskar Nerlinger	Berlin
1922	Cofounds the Association of Expressionists, Cubists, Futurists, and Constructivists, as part of Der Sturm circle At location: Oskar Nerlinger	Berlin
1922	Grosse Berliner Kunstausstellung Participant: Oskar Nerlinger	Berlin
1922	Association of Expressionists, Cubists, Futurists, and Constructivists separates from Der Sturm to become Gruppe die Abstrakten At location: Oskar Nerlinger	Berlin
1924–25	Allgemeine Deutsche Kunstausstellung exhibition Participant: Edmund Kesting, Oskar Nerlinger	Moscow
Late 1920s–early 1930s	Publishes political satire drawings, under the pseudonym Nilgreen, in the Labor movement press Contributor: Oskar Nerlinger	Berlin
1928	Becomes leader of the Gruppe die Abstrakten, later called Die Zeitgemäsen At location: Oskar Nerlinger	Berlin
1928	Becomes a member of the Communist Party (KPD) At location: Oskar Nerlinger	Berlin
1929	Werner Graeff publishes Es kommt der neue Fotograf! Contributor: Herbert Bayer, El Lissitzky, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), Albert Renger-Patzsch, Hans Richter, Umbo (Otto Umbehr), Oskar Nerlinger, Sasha Stone, Dziga Vertov, Hans Finsler, Cami Stone	Berlin
January 20–February 17, 1929	Fotografie der Gegenwart at Museum Folkwang Kestner Gesellschaft v.V, Königstrasse 8, Hannover March 10–April 7, 1929 Galerie Neumann-Nierendorf, Lützowstrasse 32, Berlin April 20–May 20, 1929 Whitechapel Art Gallery, London June 6–29, 1929 Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt July 7–August 8, 1929 Leipziger Kunstverein, Augustusplatz 6, Leipzig August 18–September 8, 1929 Lichthof des Neuen Rathauses, Dresden September 15–October 6, 1929 Kunstverein, Rostock October 20-November 10, 1929 am Adolf-Mittag-See, Städtisches Ausstellungsamt, Magdeburg November 28–December 19, 1929 Landesgewerbeanstalt, Kaiserslautern February 23–March 23, 1930 Vereinigung Göttinger Kunstfreunde, Göttingen May 18–June 8, 1930 Participant: Berenice Abbott, Herbert Bayer, Aenne Biermann, Max Burchartz, Florence Henri, Lotte Jacobi, André Kertész, Germaine Krull, El Lissitzky, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), László Moholy-Nagy, Walter A. Peterhans, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Hans Richter, August Sander, Umbo (Otto Umbehr), Lucia Moholy, Karl Blossfeldt, Erich Comeriner, Eli Lotar, Oskar Nerlinger, Robert Petschow, Frieda Gertrud Riess, Sasha Stone, Hans Finsler, Paul Edmund Hahn, Cami Stone	Essen
April 20–May 20, 1929	Neue Typografie at Staatliche Künstlerbibliothek Participant: Herbert Bayer, Aenne Biermann, Max Burchartz, César Domela-Nieuwenhuis, László Moholy-Nagy, Oskar Nerlinger	Berlin
May 18–July 7, 1929	Internationale Ausstellung des Deutschen Werkbunds Film und Foto (FiFo) at Städtische Ausstellungshallen Kunstgewerbemuseum, Zurich August 28–September 22, 1929 Im Lichthof des Ehemaligen Kunstgewerbemuseums, Prinz-Albrechs-Strasse 7, Berlin October 19–November 17, 1929 Stadtmuseum, Danzig (dates unknown) Österreichisches Museum, Vienna February 20–March 31, 1930 Agram, Zagreb April 5–14, 1930 Münchner Bund/Verein Ausstellungspark München E.V. (as part of Internationale Ausstellung. Das Lichtbild), Munich June 5–September 7, 1930 Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo April 1931 Asahi Shimbun, Osaka July 1–7, 1931 Participant: Berenice Abbott, Herbert Bayer, Aenne Biermann, Anton Bruehl, Francis Bruguière, Max Burchartz, Florence Henri, André Kertész, Germaine Krull, Helmar Lerski, El Lissitzky, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), László Moholy-Nagy, Walter A. Peterhans, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Hans Richter, Aleksandr Rodchenko, Charles Sheeler, Edward Steichen, Maurice Tabard, Umbo (Otto Umbehr), Edward Weston, Lucia Moholy, Werner Rohde, George Hoyningen-Huene, Gustav Klutsis, Karl Blossfeldt, Heinz Loew, Erich Comeriner, Semyon Fridlyand, Roman Karmen, Eli Lotar, Oskar Nerlinger, Robert Petschow, Sasha Stone, Dziga Vertov, Yva (Else Simon), Willy Zielke, Irene Bayer-Hecht, Hans Finsler, Cami Stone Organizer: El Lissitzky, László Moholy-Nagy, Hans Richter, Edward Steichen, Edward Weston, Dziga Vertov Visitor: Alexander Hackenschmied	Stuttgart
April 25–May 31, 1931	Fotomontage at Staatliche Kunstbibliothek Participant: Herbert Bayer, César Domela-Nieuwenhuis, Raoul Hausmann, El Lissitzky, László Moholy-Nagy, Aleksandr Rodchenko, Gustav Klutsis, Oskar Nerlinger Organizer: César Domela-Nieuwenhuis	Berlin
1933–45	Prohibited from exhibiting under the Nazi regime and temporarily arrested At location: Oskar Nerlinger	Berlin
1943–44	Bombing raids destroy his apartment and many of his works Affiliated: Oskar Nerlinger	Berlin
1945–51	Works as a professor at the Kunsthochschule Berlin-Charlottenburg At location: Oskar Nerlinger	Berlin
August 25–October 31, 1946	Allgemeine Deutsche Kunstausstellung exhibition Participant: Edmund Kesting, Oskar Nerlinger	Dresden
1947–49	With Karl Hofer, copublishes the periodical Bildende Kunst Contributor: Oskar Nerlinger	Berlin
1955–58	Works as a professor at the Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weissensee At location: Oskar Nerlinger	Berlin
April 25, 1969	Dies At location: Oskar Nerlinger	Berlin