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1896 Bornholm, Denmark - 1979 Washington, District Of Columbia. Known for: Geometric abstraction.
Daniel Massen was born in 1896 in Bornholm, Denmark. He was influenced by Charles Biederman, whom, according to Massen's family, Massen knew when Biederman was in Chicago. Many of Massen's severely... Read full biography
Daniel Massen was born in 1896 in Bornholm, Denmark. He was influenced by Charles Biederman, whom, according to Massen's family, Massen knew when Biederman was in Chicago. Many of Massen's severely geometric paintings and constructions show evidence of an affiliation with Biederman. Massen taught... Read full biography
Daniel Massen was born in 1896 in Bornholm, Denmark. He was influenced by Charles Biederman, whom, according to Massen's family, Massen knew when Biederman was in Chicago. Many of Massen's severely geometric paintings and constructions show evidence of an affiliation with Biederman. Massen taught color theory, painting and design at the School of Design intermittently throughout the 1940s. He began teaching in 1940 and it was roughly during this time that his art became based in geometry.... Read full biography
Daniel Massen was born in 1896 in Bornholm, Denmark. He was influenced by Charles Biederman, whom, according to Massen's family, Massen knew when Biederman was in Chicago. Many of Massen's severely geometric paintings and constructions show evidence of an affiliation with Biederman. Massen taught color theory, painting and design at the School of Design intermittently throughout the 1940s. He began teaching in 1940 and it was roughly during this time that his art became based in geometry. Moholy-Nagy's influence can also be credited for affecting Massen's choice of geometric forms. Among all the nonobjective work produced in Chicago during the 1930s and 1940s, Massen's paintings and constructions are clearly the most severe and mature.... Read full biography
Daniel Massen was born in 1896 in Bornholm, Denmark. He was influenced by Charles Biederman, whom, according to Massen's family, Massen knew when Biederman was in Chicago. Many of Massen's severely geometric paintings and constructions show evidence of an affiliation with Biederman. Massen taught color theory, painting and design at the School of Design intermittently throughout the 1940s. He began teaching in 1940 and it was roughly during this time that his art became based in geometry. Moholy-Nagy's influence can also be credited for affecting Massen's choice of geometric forms. Among all the nonobjective work produced in Chicago during the 1930s and 1940s, Massen's paintings and constructions are clearly the most severe and mature. Massen exhibited regularly in the Art Institute of Chicago annual exhibitions and was included in the 'Abstract and Surrealist American Art'... Read full biography
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesWho Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesThe Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
1990
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)1,117 pagesThe Fifty-fifth Annual American Exhibition: Water Colors and Drawings
1944
(Exhibition catalog)The Art Institute of Chicago22 pages