Adolf Fleischmann
Germany (1892—1968)Wounded and discharged from military service during the First World War, Fleischmann travelled extensively through Europe, where he was influenced first by Expressionism and Franz Marc and later by Cubism. In 1938 he moved to France, increasingly devoting himself to abstract painting while also working in textile and graphic design. In 1944 his studio was completely destroyed. He moved to the United States in 1952, where he continued his artistic and design activities. Influenced by Concrete Art, he developed a distinctive geometric language in which rigid forms were softened into rhythmic compositions of lines and L-shaped elements, as in his Metamorphosen. He returned to Europe for several months in 1958 and later spent 16 months in Stuttgart in 1963–64, where he further developed his geometric style and created the Metamorphosen series.
