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1888 Wurzburg, Germany - 1963 Woodstock, New York. Known for: Modernist, abstract painting, photography.
Konrad Cramer was born and raised in Wurtzburg, Germany in an artistic family. His mother was an opera singer and an uncle was a well-known painter of still lifes. Cramer trained as an artist at the... Read full biography
Konrad Cramer was born and raised in Wurtzburg, Germany in an artistic family. His mother was an opera singer and an uncle was a well-known painter of still lifes. Cramer trained as an artist at the Karlsruhe Academy under Ludwig Schmidt-Reutte and Ernest Schurth. He became interested in the German... Read full biography
Konrad Cramer was born and raised in Wurtzburg, Germany in an artistic family. His mother was an opera singer and an uncle was a well-known painter of still lifes. Cramer trained as an artist at the Karlsruhe Academy under Ludwig Schmidt-Reutte and Ernest Schurth. He became interested in the German avant-garde early in his schooling as he was exposed to and encouraged by the experimental works of Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc. An additional influence on Cramer's artistic development was the... Read full biography
Konrad Cramer was born and raised in Wurtzburg, Germany in an artistic family. His mother was an opera singer and an uncle was a well-known painter of still lifes. Cramer trained as an artist at the Karlsruhe Academy under Ludwig Schmidt-Reutte and Ernest Schurth. He became interested in the German avant-garde early in his schooling as he was exposed to and encouraged by the experimental works of Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc. An additional influence on Cramer's artistic development was the Cubist landscapes of Paul Cézanne. In 1911 Cramer met and married the American artist Florence Ballin who was traveling in Germany that year. The couple first traveled through Germany, visiting the exhibitions and studios of the country's avant-guard... Read full biography
Konrad Cramer was born and raised in Wurtzburg, Germany in an artistic family. His mother was an opera singer and an uncle was a well-known painter of still lifes. Cramer trained as an artist at the Karlsruhe Academy under Ludwig Schmidt-Reutte and Ernest Schurth. He became interested in the German avant-garde early in his schooling as he was exposed to and encouraged by the experimental works of Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc. An additional influence on Cramer's artistic development was the Cubist landscapes of Paul Cézanne. In 1911 Cramer met and married the American artist Florence Ballin who was traveling in Germany that year. The couple first traveled through Germany, visiting the exhibitions and studios of the country's avant-guard artists. Cramer then settled with his wife in Woodstock, New York, where Ballin had painted with the Art Students League each summer sin... Read full biography
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Keywords (53)
Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Craftsperson, Handicrafts
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Photography as Fine Art
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Expressive, Expressionist, Expressionism
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
- •Surrealism, Surrealist
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
- •Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
- •Hand-Crafted Objects
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Still Life
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •California
- •Woodstock, New York
Art Association
- •Society of Independent Artists-
- •Woodstock Art Association, New York
Art School
- •Woodstock School of Art, Teacher
Awards/Recognition
- •Rockefeller Foundation Scholarship and/orTravel Grant
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Lawrence H. Bloedel Collection
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Commercial Art and Design
- •WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Ethnicity of Artist
- •German
Artist Colony
- •Woodstock Art Colony
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Whitney Studio Club, Later Whitney Museum of American Art
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Society of Independent Artists--
- •Woodstock NY Art Association
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts