Carl Buchheister
Carl Buchheister (17 October 1890 – 2 February 1964) was a German constructivist artist noted for his multiple series of "model paintings" at Galerie Lambert Weyl, Paris. Which he began in 1925. He was born in Hanover, Germany.
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Carl Buchheister
- Name
- Carl Buchheister
- Born
- 17 October 1890
- Died
- 2 February 1964
- Known for
- Painting
- Movement
- Constructivism
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- painter · illustrator
- Honours
- Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Languages
- German
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Carl Buchheister (17 October 1890 – 2 February 1964) was a German constructivist artist noted for his multiple series of "model paintings" at Galerie Lambert Weyl, Paris. Which he began in 1925. He was born in Hanover, Germany.
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Although he was not officially part of the Bauhaus movement, Buchheister was a close friend of Wassily Kandinsky and paralleled many of the social and artistic goals of the Bauhaus school. This direction was given much freer rein after World War II and the end of Nazism. He died in Hanover in 1964.
The recorded working language is German. Places of work recorded in the authority are Hildesheim and Paris. Work by Carl Buchheister is recorded in the collections of Museum of Modern Art, Tate, Städel Museum, Bavarian State Painting Collections and Berlinische Galerie. Distinctions recorded are Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
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• Name — Carl Buchheister • Born — 17 October 1890 • Died — 2 February 1964 • Known for — Painting • Movement — Constructivism
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Carl Buchheister is recorded as having received Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
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1890
Carl Buchheister born at Hanover.
1964
Carl Buchheister died at Hanover.
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- 1.Constructivist Design, published by Galerie Lambert Weyl, 1958
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- PONTUS HULTEN, LAMBERT WEYL, Constructivist Design. Edited by Galerie Lambert Weyl, Paris, 1958. Printed in Paris, 1958.
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Carl Buchheister received Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
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Museum of Modern Art, Tate, Städel Museum and Bavarian State Painting Collections
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