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1888 Sidern-Lindern, Switzerland - 1967 Zurich, Switzerland. Known for: Figure, floral and landscape painting, teaching.
Born at Südern-Lindern in the Bern Oberland on 11 November 1888, Johannes Itten was a painter and teacher, who became so busy with his teaching profession, he struggled to have time to paint. He was... Read full biography
Born at Südern-Lindern in the Bern Oberland on 11 November 1888, Johannes Itten was a painter and teacher, who became so busy with his teaching profession, he struggled to have time to paint. He was the son of a teacher and trained as a primary-school teacher at the teacher-training institute in... Read full biography
Born at Südern-Lindern in the Bern Oberland on 11 November 1888, Johannes Itten was a painter and teacher, who became so busy with his teaching profession, he struggled to have time to paint. He was the son of a teacher and trained as a primary-school teacher at the teacher-training institute in Bern. After briefly teaching primary school, Itten spent a semester at the Geneva École des Beaux-Arts in Genf before taking a diploma in mathematics and science to teach secondary school. Trips abroad,... Read full biography
Born at Südern-Lindern in the Bern Oberland on 11 November 1888, Johannes Itten was a painter and teacher, who became so busy with his teaching profession, he struggled to have time to paint. He was the son of a teacher and trained as a primary-school teacher at the teacher-training institute in Bern. After briefly teaching primary school, Itten spent a semester at the Geneva École des Beaux-Arts in Genf before taking a diploma in mathematics and science to teach secondary school. Trips abroad, however, convinced Johannes Itten that he would be happier and better off as a painter. In 1913 Itten trained under Adolf Hölzel in Stuttgart, where he met Ida Kerkovius, Oskar Schlemmer and Willi Baumeister. Johannes Itten moved to Vienna in 1916,... Read full biography
Born at Südern-Lindern in the Bern Oberland on 11 November 1888, Johannes Itten was a painter and teacher, who became so busy with his teaching profession, he struggled to have time to paint. He was the son of a teacher and trained as a primary-school teacher at the teacher-training institute in Bern. After briefly teaching primary school, Itten spent a semester at the Geneva École des Beaux-Arts in Genf before taking a diploma in mathematics and science to teach secondary school. Trips abroad, however, convinced Johannes Itten that he would be happier and better off as a painter. In 1913 Itten trained under Adolf Hölzel in Stuttgart, where he met Ida Kerkovius, Oskar Schlemmer and Willi Baumeister. Johannes Itten moved to Vienna in 1916, where he was inspired by music and his circle of friends in Vienna, which included Adolf Loos and Alma Mahler. They in turn introduced Jo... Read full biography
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