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Walter Dexel

Germany (1890—1973)
Graduated in history, he received private art lessons and produced his first paintings following a trip to Italy. Initially influenced by Cubism and Expressionism, Dexel became close to Constructivism, whose principles he embraced not only in paintings but also in typography, advertising, interiors, graphic and stage design. In 1928 he wrote Das Wohnhaus von Heute. He became close friend with van Doesburg. He gave up painting in 1935 and after the war he published several books about form.
Theo Van Doesburg
Willi Baumeister / Naum Gabo / Hannes Meyer / Jan Tschichold / Ludwig Mies van der Rohe / Walter Dexel / Oskar Nerlinger / Georges Vantongerloo / Lajos Kassák / El Lissitzky (Lazar Markovich Lissitzky) / Kazimir Maljevič / Vladimir Mayakovsky / László Moholy-Nagy / Vladimir Tatlin / Piet Mondriaan

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Beiträge zum Bauen / Periodical / 24.7 x 34.5 cm / Basel, 1924-1928 (1969)

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Walter Dexel

Composition 2

From La Lune en Rodage III / Original woodcut / 15.4 x 21.4 cm / 1924 (1977)

Hannah Höch / Edmund Collein / Walter Dexel / Jean Arp / El Lissitzky (Lazar Markovich Lissitzky) / Kurt Schwitters / Tristan Tzara

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Tapsheft / Magazine / Letterpress / 23.6 x 31.3 cm / Hannover, 1924 (1975) / © 2020 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Walter Dexel

Composition 1

From La Lune en Rodage III / Original woodcut / 17.9 x 22.4 cm / 1924 (1977)