Art (1900-1945) > Bauhaus Willi Baumeister - Biography

Badende mit Kahn. Um 1943.
Oiltempera on cardboard, lad on fiberboard.
Lower left monogrammed. 49 x 57.5 cm (19.2 x 22.6 in).
[AW].
• Bather scene in atmospheric light.
• Baumeister regularly takes up the important bathers theme.
• As an artist ostracized by the National Socialists, Baumeister pursued his path with unwavering consistency and is now considered one of the most important artists of modern times.
• Baumeister's works are in the most renowned museums worldwide, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Center Georges Pompidou, Paris, and the Tate Gallery, London.
With a photo expertise from Ms. Felicitas Baumeister dated July 14, 2011. The work will be included in the forthcoming addendum to the catalogue raisonné of the paintings by Peter Beye and Felicitas Baumeister under number 2135A.
PROVENANCE: Private collection Baden-Württemberg.
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