Special Pricing, Late summer sale: T'ai-ch tu (Gold)
Type:Painting
Year:1974
Size:32.00" x 32.00"
Medium:Acrylic
Signed:Signed and Dated
Notes:
An optical painting from 1974 in excellent condition.
Hannes Beckmann ART FOR SALE
1909 Stuttgart, Germany - 1976/77. Known for: Painting-non objective and op art imagery, teaching.
Born in Stuttgart, Germany, Hannes Beckmann studied at the Bauhuas, Dessau in 1928 with Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky and Josef Albers 1932, he went to Vienna and studied photography for two years.... Read full biography
Born in Stuttgart, Germany, Hannes Beckmann studied at the Bauhuas, Dessau in 1928 with Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky and Josef Albers 1932, he went to Vienna and studied photography for two years. From 1938 to 1944, he was in Prague where he was director of a photographic studio, and from 1944... Read full biography
Born in Stuttgart, Germany, Hannes Beckmann studied at the Bauhuas, Dessau in 1928 with Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky and Josef Albers 1932, he went to Vienna and studied photography for two years. From 1938 to 1944, he was in Prague where he was director of a photographic studio, and from 1944 until the end of the war, he was interred in a concentration camp. In 1948, he came to the United States where he settled in New York and was head of the Photographic Department at the Guggenheim Museum.... Read full biography
Born in Stuttgart, Germany, Hannes Beckmann studied at the Bauhuas, Dessau in 1928 with Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky and Josef Albers 1932, he went to Vienna and studied photography for two years. From 1938 to 1944, he was in Prague where he was director of a photographic studio, and from 1944 until the end of the war, he was interred in a concentration camp. In 1948, he came to the United States where he settled in New York and was head of the Photographic Department at the Guggenheim Museum. After 1952, he taught Color and Design at the Cooper Union Art School in New York. Source: . Perry Rathbone (Intro), American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston... Read full biography
Born in Stuttgart, Germany, Hannes Beckmann studied at the Bauhuas, Dessau in 1928 with Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky and Josef Albers 1932, he went to Vienna and studied photography for two years. From 1938 to 1944, he was in Prague where he was director of a photographic studio, and from 1944 until the end of the war, he was interred in a concentration camp. In 1948, he came to the United States where he settled in New York and was head of the Photographic Department at the Guggenheim Museum. After 1952, he taught Color and Design at the Cooper Union Art School in New York. Source: . Perry Rathbone (Intro), American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston... Read full biography
Hannes Beckmann - Art for Sale (5 available)
Fortress, 1936.
Type:Painting
Year:1936
Size:9.25" x 12.50"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Inscribed
Notes:
Created shortly after he graduated from the Bauhaus Dessau in 1932, this reverse glass painting on glass radiates color. It is remarkable that it arrived in the US after WWII.
Structured Field
Type:Painting
Year:1966
Size:18.00" x 18.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Signed and Dated
Notes:
Contact gallery for special sale pricing of estate works by Hannes Beckmann
Phosphorescence
Type:Painting
Year:1964
Size:28.00" x 21.75"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Signed and Dated
Notes:
Kanegis Gallery, Boston label verso
"Multi form" 1967
Type:Painting
Year:1967
Size:24.00" x 24.00"
Medium:Acrylic
Signed:Signed and Dated
Edition:Original
Notes:
Great work by Albers student & Bauhaus practitioner.