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Artist in the Global Art Registry

Oskar Schlemmer

1888–1943 · German Empire

Born: 1888 · Stuttgart
Died: 1943 · Baden-Baden

5 works in the Collect24 Registry

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Oskar Schlemmer was a German painter, sculptor, designer, and choreographer. He was associated with the Bauhaus school.

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Oskar Schlemmer (German pronunciation: [ˈɔskaʁ ˈʃlɛmɐ]; 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".

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Selected registered works by Oskar Schlemmer

Selected from 5 works by Oskar Schlemmer in the Collect24 Registry.

Oskar Schlemmer

[Oskar Schlemmer Seated at Table with Coffee Service at Prellestrasse], 1925

Gelatin silver print

11.3 × 8.1 cm

J. Paul Getty Museum

C24-759521

Oskar Schlemmer

[Self-Portrait at Typewriter, Prellerstrasse Studio], 1925

Gelatin silver print

10.8 × 7.6 cm

J. Paul Getty Museum

C24-194497

Oskar Schlemmer

[Oskar Schlemmer at Prellerstrasse Studio], 1925

Gelatin silver print

12.3 × 8.1 cm

J. Paul Getty Museum

C24-342895

Oskar Schlemmer

Zwei Figuren, 1932

Aquarell

Kunsthalle Bielefeld

C24-423665

Oskar Schlemmer

Small Picture VI: Blue Man, Diagonally, 1932

Oil over graphite on translucent paper, mounted to board

10.6 × 23 cm

Harvard Art Museums

C24-574943

Oskar Schlemmer

Announcement, "The First Bauhaus Exhibition in Weimar" July-September 1923, 1923

Offset print on paper

20.3 × 29.9 cm

Harvard Art Museums

C24-544427

Oskar Schlemmer

Costume Designs for the "Triadic Ballet", 1926

Black ink, opaque and transparent watercolor, metallic paint, and graphite on cream wove paper mounted to cream card

46.3 × 64 cm

Harvard Art Museums

C24-464817

Oskar Schlemmer

Three Figures with Furniture-like Forms, 1929

Oil on canvas

90.5 × 61 cm

Harvard Art Museums

C24-133157

Oskar Schlemmer

Reproduction of artwork for exhibition catalogue Bauhaus 1919-1928, c. 1925/1938

Reproduction of artwork for exhibition catalogue

Harvard Art Museums

C24-545472

Oskar Schlemmer

Figure von der Seite, 1921

Victoria and Albert Museum

C24-642539

Oskar Schlemmer

Reproduction of artwork for exhibition catalogue Bauhaus 1919-1928, c. 1920/1938

Reproduction of artwork for exhibition catalogu

Harvard Art Museums

C24-545915

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J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
3 works
Kunsthalle Bielefeld
Germany
1 work
Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom
1 work

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