Max Bill "Untitled'" Original Silkscreen Hand Signed Lmt E. 1972

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Artist: Max BillTitle: UntitledMedium: SilkscreenSize: 19 x 25 inchesEdition: 11/100Markings: Hand Signed, Dated and NumberedCondition: Very GoodFrom 1924 to 1927 Max Bill trained as a silversmith at the Zurich "Kunstgewerbeschule". Subsequently he studied at the Dessau Bauhaus under Josef Albers, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee and others. In 1929 Max Bill moved to Zurich, where he worked as an architect, painter, graphic artist and sculpturist and later also as a product designer. Bill's versatile work was dominated by painting, beginning initially with landscapes and portraits until taking on his own independent character, from around 1931 onwards, with the use of consistent geometric-constructive abstraction.From 1932 to 1936 Max Bill was a member of the Parisian group of artists "Abstraction-Création". In 1933 he held his first exhibition at the group's gallery. During repeated sojourns to Paris he developed friendships with Hans Arp, Piet Mondrian and Auguste Herbin. In 1936 Bill formulated the Principles of Concrete Art, as a refinement of the ideas published by Theo van Doesburg. Bill is one of the most important exponents of this art genre.In 1937 he worked on a monograph on Le Corbusier and entered the association of modern Swiss artists "Allianz". In 1944 Bill founded the journal "abstrakt konkret". He also organized an exhibition read more