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Gottfried Graf BIOGRAPHY
1881 Mengen - 1938 Stuttgart. Known for: Painting.
Gottfried Graf belonged since the First World War until the mid-1920s to the pioneers of modern art in southwestern Germany. Graf was born in Mengen, in the district of what is today Sigmaringen, and... Read full biography
Gottfried Graf belonged since the First World War until the mid-1920s to the pioneers of modern art in southwestern Germany. Graf was born in Mengen, in the district of what is today Sigmaringen, and after school clerk of the Royal Württembergische Post. He quickly realized that this profession was... Read full biography
Gottfried Graf belonged since the First World War until the mid-1920s to the pioneers of modern art in southwestern Germany. Graf was born in Mengen, in the district of what is today Sigmaringen, and after school clerk of the Royal Württembergische Post. He quickly realized that this profession was not suitable for him and turned to the arts. Between 1904 and 1908 he graduated from the Royal Württemberg Academy and the School of Applied Arts Stuttgart, which he graduated with a state exam as a... Read full biography
Gottfried Graf belonged since the First World War until the mid-1920s to the pioneers of modern art in southwestern Germany. Graf was born in Mengen, in the district of what is today Sigmaringen, and after school clerk of the Royal Württembergische Post. He quickly realized that this profession was not suitable for him and turned to the arts. Between 1904 and 1908 he graduated from the Royal Württemberg Academy and the School of Applied Arts Stuttgart, which he graduated with a state exam as a drawing teacher. After a long study trip to Italy Graf resumed his studies in 1909 as a student of Christian Landenberger, Adolf Hölzel and Heinrich Altherr at the Academy in Stuttgart. In 1913 he traveled to southern France, where he met Jaques... Read full biography
Gottfried Graf belonged since the First World War until the mid-1920s to the pioneers of modern art in southwestern Germany. Graf was born in Mengen, in the district of what is today Sigmaringen, and after school clerk of the Royal Württembergische Post. He quickly realized that this profession was not suitable for him and turned to the arts. Between 1904 and 1908 he graduated from the Royal Württemberg Academy and the School of Applied Arts Stuttgart, which he graduated with a state exam as a drawing teacher. After a long study trip to Italy Graf resumed his studies in 1909 as a student of Christian Landenberger, Adolf Hölzel and Heinrich Altherr at the Academy in Stuttgart. In 1913 he traveled to southern France, where he met Jaques Villon and Albert Gleizes. This journey meant that Graf dealt intensively with Cubism in th... Read full biography
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Gottfried Graf belonged since the First World War until the mid-1920s to the pioneers of modern art in southwestern Germany. Graf was born in Mengen, in the district of what is today Sigmaringen, and after school clerk of the Royal Württembergische Post. He quickly realized that this profession was not suitable for him and turned to the arts.
Between 1904 and 1908 he graduated from the Royal Württemberg Academy and the School of Applied Arts Stuttgart, which he graduated with a state exam as a drawing teacher. After a long study trip to Italy Graf resumed his studies in 1909 as a student of Christian Landenberger, Adolf Hölzel and Heinrich Altherr at the Academy in Stuttgart. In 1913...But wait, there's more...
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