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1892 Duisburg, Germany - 1965 U.S.A.. Known for: Abstract urban imagery.
In 1916, Molzahn, who was born in 1892 in Duisburg, a city characterized by Rhenish industry, was still influenced by the Swiss circle of artists around Otto Meyer-Amden, with whom he had a close... Read full biography
In 1916, Molzahn, who was born in 1892 in Duisburg, a city characterized by Rhenish industry, was still influenced by the Swiss circle of artists around Otto Meyer-Amden, with whom he had a close artistic relationship during his stay in Switzerland. His first solo exhibition was organized by the... Read full biography
In 1916, Molzahn, who was born in 1892 in Duisburg, a city characterized by Rhenish industry, was still influenced by the Swiss circle of artists around Otto Meyer-Amden, with whom he had a close artistic relationship during his stay in Switzerland. His first solo exhibition was organized by the artist Karl Peter Röhl in Weimar in 1914 - an early sign of Molzahn's growing importance in the reform-oriented art scene. The stylistic proximity to Italian Futurism and its concept of a dynamized... Read full biography
In 1916, Molzahn, who was born in 1892 in Duisburg, a city characterized by Rhenish industry, was still influenced by the Swiss circle of artists around Otto Meyer-Amden, with whom he had a close artistic relationship during his stay in Switzerland. His first solo exhibition was organized by the artist Karl Peter Röhl in Weimar in 1914 - an early sign of Molzahn's growing importance in the reform-oriented art scene. The stylistic proximity to Italian Futurism and its concept of a dynamized pictorial surface is unmistakable in the present work. Still, Molzahn combines these impulses with a structural composition that already points to his later turn towards an organic-geometric pictorial language.
In 1916, Molzahn, who was born in 1892 in Duisburg, a city characterized by Rhenish industry, was still influenced by the Swiss circle of artists around Otto Meyer-Amden, with whom he had a close artistic relationship during his stay in Switzerland. His first solo exhibition was organized by the artist Karl Peter Röhl in Weimar in 1914 - an early sign of Molzahn's growing importance in the reform-oriented art scene. The stylistic proximity to Italian Futurism and its concept of a dynamized pictorial surface is unmistakable in the present work. Still, Molzahn combines these impulses with a structural composition that already points to his later turn towards an organic-geometric pictorial language.
Johannes Molzahn - Artist Info
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Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
Art Subject
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Urban Scene, City Genre
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
Exhibition of Museum
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art