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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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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Geometric Abstraction, Linear, Grids, Hard Edge
- •Pure Abstraction, Line, Shape, Color, Texture
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago