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Standing Figure with Blue Plane Stehende Figur mit blauer Flache 1933 Oil and sand on canvas 82 x 65.5 cm |
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Willi Baumeister
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Standing Figure with Blue Plane Stehende Figur mit blauer Flache 1933 Oil and sand on canvas 82 x 65.5 cm |
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Willi Baumeister (1889-1955)
Baumeister aims to depict in paint an undefined mood. He believes that the unconfined imagination could produce forms reflecting the deep, primitive roots of the human psyche. Beaumeister helped found and was involved with several groups of artists; the most significant was the Paris-based Abstraction-Creation movement, a group of abstract artists. Baumeister’s style continually evolved and developed in his search for an abstract visual language that would depict a psychological reality. At the time of his most important work he was being persecuted by the Nazis, although, unlike many other so-called ‘degenerate artists, Baumeister remained in Germany.
