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1904 Basel, Switzerland - 1979 Locarno, Switzerland. Known for: Abstract painting, stage design, teaching, graphics, collage.
The following biography is by Steven Lowy from exhibition catalog: Champions of Modernism III, Wendt Gallery, 2009. Lowy is an independent curator and President of Portico, New York, Inc. Xanti... Read full biography
The following biography is by Steven Lowy from exhibition catalog: Champions of Modernism III, Wendt Gallery, 2009. Lowy is an independent curator and President of Portico, New York, Inc. Xanti Schawinsky (1904-1979). He was a member and teacher of the Bauhaus School of Art. His modernism art works... Read full biography
The following biography is by Steven Lowy from exhibition catalog: Champions of Modernism III, Wendt Gallery, 2009. Lowy is an independent curator and President of Portico, New York, Inc. Xanti Schawinsky (1904-1979). He was a member and teacher of the Bauhaus School of Art. His modernism art works explore the relationship of movement and space, expressing force and energy. He was relentlessly experimental in his paintings, working in multiple mediums and employing novel methods, which helped... Read full biography
The following biography is by Steven Lowy from exhibition catalog: Champions of Modernism III, Wendt Gallery, 2009. Lowy is an independent curator and President of Portico, New York, Inc. Xanti Schawinsky (1904-1979). He was a member and teacher of the Bauhaus School of Art. His modernism art works explore the relationship of movement and space, expressing force and energy. He was relentlessly experimental in his paintings, working in multiple mediums and employing novel methods, which helped him to create his symbolic, iconic body of work seen in his fine creations. Xanti (Alexander) Schawinsky was born in 1904 in Basel, Switzerland, and as a boy began to study art there in 1915. He continued his studies in Zurich, where his family moved... Read full biography
The following biography is by Steven Lowy from exhibition catalog: Champions of Modernism III, Wendt Gallery, 2009. Lowy is an independent curator and President of Portico, New York, Inc. Xanti Schawinsky (1904-1979). He was a member and teacher of the Bauhaus School of Art. His modernism art works explore the relationship of movement and space, expressing force and energy. He was relentlessly experimental in his paintings, working in multiple mediums and employing novel methods, which helped him to create his symbolic, iconic body of work seen in his fine creations. Xanti (Alexander) Schawinsky was born in 1904 in Basel, Switzerland, and as a boy began to study art there in 1915. He continued his studies in Zurich, where his family moved during the First World War. In 1922, he studied architecture and graphics in Cologne an... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Art Design
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Photography as Fine Art
- •Theatre Scene Painting, Stage/Set Design for Television and/or Movies
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Assemblage
- •Chalk
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Oil Paint
- •Pastel Painting/Drawing
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Abstract Expressionism
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
- •Pure Abstraction, Line, Shape, Color, Texture
Art Subject
- •New York City
- •Panoramic View and/or Large Scale Panoramic Artwork
- •Urban Landscape, Cityscape
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Europe
- •Italy
Art School
- •Bauhaus Student, Germany and/or US
- •Bauhaus Student, Germany and/or US Teacher
- •Berlin (Prussian) Academy of Fine, Applied Arts, Student
- •Black Mountain College, North Carolina, Teacher
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Camouflage Artist
Exhibition of Museum
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art