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Xanti Schawinsky BIOGRAPHY
1904 Basel, Switzerland - 1979 Locarno, Switzerland. Known for: Abstract painting, stage design, teaching, graphics, collage.
The following biography is by Steven Lowy from exhibition catalog: Champions of Modernism III, Wendt Gallery, 2009. Lowy is an independent curator and President of Portico, New York, Inc. Xanti... Read full biography
The following biography is by Steven Lowy from exhibition catalog: Champions of Modernism III, Wendt Gallery, 2009. Lowy is an independent curator and President of Portico, New York, Inc. Xanti Schawinsky (1904-1979). He was a member and teacher of the Bauhaus School of Art. His modernism art works... Read full biography
The following biography is by Steven Lowy from exhibition catalog: Champions of Modernism III, Wendt Gallery, 2009. Lowy is an independent curator and President of Portico, New York, Inc. Xanti Schawinsky (1904-1979). He was a member and teacher of the Bauhaus School of Art. His modernism art works explore the relationship of movement and space, expressing force and energy. He was relentlessly experimental in his paintings, working in multiple mediums and employing novel methods, which helped... Read full biography
The following biography is by Steven Lowy from exhibition catalog: Champions of Modernism III, Wendt Gallery, 2009. Lowy is an independent curator and President of Portico, New York, Inc. Xanti Schawinsky (1904-1979). He was a member and teacher of the Bauhaus School of Art. His modernism art works explore the relationship of movement and space, expressing force and energy. He was relentlessly experimental in his paintings, working in multiple mediums and employing novel methods, which helped him to create his symbolic, iconic body of work seen in his fine creations. Xanti (Alexander) Schawinsky was born in 1904 in Basel, Switzerland, and as a boy began to study art there in 1915. He continued his studies in Zurich, where his family moved... Read full biography
The following biography is by Steven Lowy from exhibition catalog: Champions of Modernism III, Wendt Gallery, 2009. Lowy is an independent curator and President of Portico, New York, Inc. Xanti Schawinsky (1904-1979). He was a member and teacher of the Bauhaus School of Art. His modernism art works explore the relationship of movement and space, expressing force and energy. He was relentlessly experimental in his paintings, working in multiple mediums and employing novel methods, which helped him to create his symbolic, iconic body of work seen in his fine creations. Xanti (Alexander) Schawinsky was born in 1904 in Basel, Switzerland, and as a boy began to study art there in 1915. He continued his studies in Zurich, where his family moved during the First World War. In 1922, he studied architecture and graphics in Cologne an... Read full biography
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Schawinski, Alexander Victor Schawinsky
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The following biography is by Steven Lowy from exhibition catalog: Champions of Modernism III, Wendt Gallery, 2009. Lowy is an independent curator and President of Portico, New York, Inc.
Xanti Schawinsky (1904-1979)
He was a member and teacher of the Bauhaus School of Art. His modernism art works explore the relationship of movement and space, expressing force and energy. He was relentlessly experimental in his paintings, working in multiple mediums and employing novel methods, which helped him to create his symbolic, iconic body of work seen in his fine creations.
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