Karol Hiller
Illustration — Composition with a spiral, 1928 Karol Hiller (6 December 1891 – December 1939) was a Polish painter. He was one of the main representatives of the Polish constructivist movement in the 1920s.
Karol Hiller
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- Born
- 1891 · Łódź.
- Died
- 1939 · Łódź.
- Nationality
- Poland
- Occupation
- photographer · painter
- Education
- National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture · Technical University of Darmstadt · Warsaw University of Technology
- Languages
- Polish
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Illustration — Composition with a spiral, 1928 Karol Hiller (6 December 1891 – December 1939) was a Polish painter. He was one of the main representatives of the Polish constructivist movement in the 1920s.
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Karol Hiller studied at National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture, Technical University of Darmstadt and Warsaw University of Technology. The recorded working language is Polish. Work by Karol Hiller is recorded in the collections of National Museum in Warsaw and Museum of Art in Łódź.
Hiller was born in Łódź. He studied Chemistry in Darmstadt and Civil engineering in Warsaw until he was drafted into the army in 1916. After the war he ended up in Kiev, where he studied art at the Academy of Fine Arts. In 1921 he returned to Łódź where he cofounded the Association of Visual Artists. From 1930 to 1938 he participated in a series of exhibitions in Łódź and Warsaw organized by the Institute of Art Propaganda. In the 1930s he abandoned the flat constructivist geometry and created more abstract compositions with biological forms. In December 1939 he was executed by the Gestapo in a forest near Lućmierz.
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1891
Karol Hiller born at Łódź.
1939
Karol Hiller died at Łódź.
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