ARTIST

Georg Muche

Georg Muche, a pivotal figure of the Bauhaus, designed the influential 'Haus am Horn' and championed abstract art in Germany.

ABOUT

Born in 1895, Georg Muche was immersed in art from an early age, influenced by his father, a naive painter. His formal studies began in Munich and later in Berlin, where he quickly became an early proponent of abstract art, drawing inspiration from Wassily Kandinsky and Max Ernst. In Berlin, he joined Herwarth Walden's Sturm group, teaching at the Sturm Art School and creating abstractions that blended Cubism with the vibrant color ideals of Der Blaue Reiter and Marc Chagall…

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NOTABLE WORKS
Hand and Heart 1921 · Art Institute of Chicago Picture 21 1915 · Busch–Reisinger Museum Growth of the Circle (formerly, Composition II) 1915 · Yale University Art Gallery Homage to Herwarth Walden (formerly Compostion I) 1915 · Yale University Art Gallery Komposition in vier Akzenten 1920 · Pallant House Gallery Two Form 1920 · Yale University Art Gallery
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INFLUENCES
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