Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart

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Composition No. 15, 1925. Oil on canvas. 1499 x 1251 mm.

Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart (November 17, 1899, Osnabrück, Germany–December 19, 1962, Ulm, Germany) was a German Neo-plasticist (De Stijl) painter. He was one of the first painters to work for his entire career within an abstract style.^[1]

1 Life
2 Work
3 References
4 Further reading
5 External links

[edit] Life

Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart was born in Osnabrück, Germany and studied architecture, interior design and sculpture Hanover School of Art and the Technical College, Hanover. In 1924 he formed the abstract art group Gruppe K in Hanover with Hans Nitzschke and joined Der Sturm in Berlin. After meeting Theo Van Doesburg, Kurt Schwitters and Hans Arp, he became a member of De Stijl in 1925. Together with Kurt Schwitters and Carl Buchheister he formed the 'Abstrakten Hannover' group in 1927. He was a member of a number of other artistic groups including: the Cercle et Carré, 1930, Paris and was a founding member of Abstraction-Création (1931), also in Paris. In 1938 he was exhibited in the infamous Degenerate Art exhibition, most of his works were confiscated and he was forced to leave Germany for the Netherlands.^[2] ^[3]

[edit] Work

His works include:-

1925, Composition No. 15 - 1925^[1]
1936, Composition No. 104 - 1936^[3]
1946, Composition No. 154, oil on canvas, 120 x 80 cm
1946, Untitled (C8), collage, paper and plastic on paper, 28.5 x 23.5 cm
c.1947, Untitled, collage on paper, 27.5 x 22.3 cm
1953, Composition No. 194, oil on canvas, 50 x 60 cm
1959/60, Composition No 212, oil on canvas, 105 x 80 cm^[2]

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart (English). Glossary. The Tate. Retrieved on 2006-07-31.
^ ^a ^b Biography (English). Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart. Annely Juda Fine Art. Retrieved on 2006-08-01.
^ ^a ^b Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart (English). Virtual tour. Museothyssen-Bornemisza. Retrieved on 2006-08-01.

[edit] Further reading

Gabo, Naum, et al. Naum Gabo, Georges Vantongerloo, Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart: Works on paper : (Paperback). Annely Juda Fine Art. ISBN 1-870280-87-3.