Max Burchartz

About the Artist

Max Burchartz. Self-Portrait. 1921. Lithograph on wove paper, 15 1/2 x 10 15/16" (39.4 x 27.8 cm). Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies. Digital image: © 2014 Museum Associates/LACMA. Licensed by Art Resource, NY. © 2014 Max Burchartz/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Germany
Alternate Name(s) Max Hubert Innocenz Maria Burchartz (Birth Name)

Meeting Points

Schools Bauhaus, 1919–33
Exhibitions Film und Foto, 1929
Foto der Gegenwart, 1929
Publications Foto-Auge, 1929

Artist Chronology

July 28, 1887	Born At location: Max Burchartz	Elberfeld
1904–06	Apprentices in textile design and attends the Kunstgewerbeschule At location: Max Burchartz	Elberfeld
1907–09	Studies painting at the Kunstakademie At location: Max Burchartz	Düsseldorf
1912–14	Lives in Paris At location: Max Burchartz	Paris
1914–18	Serves as an army reservist At location: Max Burchartz	Germany
1919–early 1924	Lives in Weimar At location: Max Burchartz	Weimar
May 28–July 3, 1922	Erste Internationale Kunstausstellung Participant: Max Burchartz, Raoul Hausmann	Dusseldorf
August 3–5, 1922	Participates in Theo van Doesburg's De Stijl class At location: Max Burchartz	Weimar
August 22–September 15, 1922	Konstruktivistische Ausstellung Participant: Max Burchartz	Weimar
September–October 1922	Dada-Revon at the Galerie von Garvens At location: Max Burchartz, Raoul Hausmann	Hannover
Fall 1922	Max Burchartz and Kate Steinitz meet At location: Max Burchartz, Kate Steinitz	Hannover
September 15, 1922	Kongress der Konstruktivisten und Dadaisten At location: Max Burchartz, El Lissitzky, László Moholy-Nagy, Hans Richter, Lucia Moholy	Weimar
July 1923	Neue Künstler—Konstruktivisten at Kunstverein Jena Participant: Max Burchartz	Jena
1924–26	Cofounds the graphic and interior design company Werbebau At location: Max Burchartz	Bochum
October 1926	Teaches at the Handwerker und Kunstgewerbeschule At location: Max Burchartz	Essen
April 30, 1927	Publishes an article in i10 in response to Ernst Kallai's article "Malerei und Fotografie" Contributor: Max Burchartz	Amsterdam
1927–32	Teaches typography and photography at the Folkwangschule At location: Max Burchartz	Essen
May–October 1928	Internationale Presse-Ausstellung des Deutschen Werkbund, aka "Pressa" Designer: Herbert Bayer, Max Burchartz, El Lissitzky Participant: El Lissitzky, Walter A. Peterhans	Cologne
1929–32	Council member of the Deutscher Werkbund At location: Max Burchartz	Essen
1929	Franz Roh publishes Foto-Auge: 76 Fotos der Zeit Contributor: Herbert Bayer, Max Burchartz, Florence Henri, El Lissitzky, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), László Moholy-Nagy, Walter A. Peterhans, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Maurice Tabard, Umbo (Otto Umbehr), Edward Weston, Franz Roh, Semyon Fridlyand, Robert Petschow, Sasha Stone, Dziga Vertov, Hans Finsler, Paul Edmund Hahn, J. Jay Hirz	Stuttgart
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
June–September 1930	Das Lichtbild exhibition Participant: Aenne Biermann, Bill Brandt, Max Burchartz, César Domela-Nieuwenhuis, Florence Henri, Lotte Jacobi, André Kertész, Germaine Krull, Helmar Lerski, Walter A. Peterhans, August Sander, Umbo (Otto Umbehr), Edward Weston, Lucia Moholy, Werner Rohde, Franz Roh, Marianne Breslauer, Alexander Hackenschmied, Edmund Kesting, Jean Moral, Willy Zielke, Lore Feininger, Hans Finsler	Munich
1933–39	Establishes his own office for graphic design and works for several German companies At location: Max Burchartz	Ruhrgebiet
May 1933	Becomes a member of several National Socialist organizations, as well as the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP) At location: Max Burchartz	Essen
1933–39	Publishes several books with nationalist tendencies Contributor: Max Burchartz	Ruhrgebiet
1933–34	Albert Renger-Patzsch becomes Chair of photography at the Folkwangschule when Max Burchartz resigns Affiliated: Max Burchartz At location: Albert Renger-Patzsch	Essen
1939–43	Serves as a soldier in the German army At location: Max Burchartz	France
1944–45	Prisoner of war At location: Max Burchartz	Germany
1949–61	Reappointed as a teacher at the Folkwangschule At location: Max Burchartz	Essen
January 31, 1961	Dies At location: Max Burchartz	Essen