[Oskar Schlemmer at Prellerstrasse Studio]

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[Oskar Schlemmer at Prellerstrasse Studio]

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Oskar Schlemmer

German Photographer · 1888–1943

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>[Oskar Schlemmer] transformed into abstract terms of geometry or mechanics his observation of the human figure moving in space. His figures and forms are pure creations of imagination, symbolizing eternal types of human character and their different moods, serene or tragic, funny or serious. So wrote Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus School in Germany. Schlemmer joined the staff of the Bauha

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Date
1925
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Culture
German
Department
Photographs
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A self-portrait of Oskar Schlemmer behind a camera. Multiple exposures of Schlemmer's face appear at different angles around the primary portrait.

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