Artist Birthdays September 4 – OSKAR SCHLEMMER

OSKAR SCHLEMMER (September 4, 1888 – April 13, 1943)

• Nationality: German
• Field: Painting, sculpture
• Art Movement: Bauhaus
• ARTiFact: In 1920, he was invited by Walter Gropius to run the mural-painting and sculpture departments at the Bauhaus School before heading up the theater workshop in 1923 – during which time he developed his famous Triadic Ballet.
• Artist Quote: “If today’s arts love the machine, technology and organization, if they aspire to precision and reject anything vague and dreamy, this implies an instinctive repudiation of chaos and a longing to find the form appropriate to our times.”
• Important Artwork (shown below): Bauhaus Stairway, 1932.

Related Links:

• Learn more about the artist Oskar Schlemmer
• Discover more about your favorite Park West Gallery artists