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1909 Stuttgart, Germany - 1976/77. Known for: Painting-non objective and op art imagery, teaching.
Born in Stuttgart, Germany, Hannes Beckmann studied at the Bauhuas, Dessau in 1928 with Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky and Josef Albers 1932, he went to Vienna and studied photography for two years.... Read full biography
Born in Stuttgart, Germany, Hannes Beckmann studied at the Bauhuas, Dessau in 1928 with Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky and Josef Albers 1932, he went to Vienna and studied photography for two years. From 1938 to 1944, he was in Prague where he was director of a photographic studio, and from 1944... Read full biography
Born in Stuttgart, Germany, Hannes Beckmann studied at the Bauhuas, Dessau in 1928 with Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky and Josef Albers 1932, he went to Vienna and studied photography for two years. From 1938 to 1944, he was in Prague where he was director of a photographic studio, and from 1944 until the end of the war, he was interred in a concentration camp. In 1948, he came to the United States where he settled in New York and was head of the Photographic Department at the Guggenheim Museum.... Read full biography
Born in Stuttgart, Germany, Hannes Beckmann studied at the Bauhuas, Dessau in 1928 with Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky and Josef Albers 1932, he went to Vienna and studied photography for two years. From 1938 to 1944, he was in Prague where he was director of a photographic studio, and from 1944 until the end of the war, he was interred in a concentration camp. In 1948, he came to the United States where he settled in New York and was head of the Photographic Department at the Guggenheim Museum. After 1952, he taught Color and Design at the Cooper Union Art School in New York. Source: . Perry Rathbone (Intro), American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston... Read full biography
Born in Stuttgart, Germany, Hannes Beckmann studied at the Bauhuas, Dessau in 1928 with Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky and Josef Albers 1932, he went to Vienna and studied photography for two years. From 1938 to 1944, he was in Prague where he was director of a photographic studio, and from 1944 until the end of the war, he was interred in a concentration camp. In 1948, he came to the United States where he settled in New York and was head of the Photographic Department at the Guggenheim Museum. After 1952, he taught Color and Design at the Cooper Union Art School in New York. Source: . Perry Rathbone (Intro), American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston... Read full biography
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Keywords (18)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Photography as Fine Art
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Oil Paint
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Non Objective Subject
Art Teacher
- •Josef Albers
- •Paul Klee
- •Wassily Kandinsky
Art School
- •Bauhaus Student, Germany and/or US
- •Cooper Union Art School, Cooper School of Design, Teacher
- •Yale University School of Fine Art, and Architecture, Teacher
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
Ethnicity of Artist
- •German
Exhibition of Museum
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York