Oskar Schlemmer

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Oskar Schlemmer was a German painter, sculptor, designer, and choreographer best known for his avant-garde stage works and his influential role in developing the Bauhaus school’s theater and performance art.

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instanceOf Bauhaus teacher
choreographer
human
painter
sculptor
stage designer
activeYearsEnd 1943
activeYearsStart 1910
citizenship Germany
countryOfBirth German Empire
countryOfDeath Germany
dateOfBirth 1888-09-04
dateOfDeath 1943-04-13
educatedAt Stuttgart Academy of Fine Arts
employer Bauhaus school of design
surface form: Staatliches Bauhaus
familyName Oskar Schlemmer self-linksurface differs
surface form: Schlemmer
fieldOfWork choreography
painting
sculpture
stage design
fullName Oskar Schlemmer self-link
genre abstract art
constructivist art
givenName Oskar
influenced Bauhaus stage design
modern dance
performance art
influencedBy Constructivism
Cubism
Futurism
languageOfWorkOrName German
movement Bauhaus
Modernism
nationality German
notableIdea geometric abstraction of the human figure
integration of dance, costume, and space
notableWork Bauhaustreppe
Figurinen zum Triadischen Ballett
Triadic Ballet
placeOfBirth Stuttgart
placeOfDeath Baden-Baden
positionHeld Director of Bauhaus Stage Workshop
Master of Form at Bauhaus
spouse Helene Tutein
workLocation Dessau
Stuttgart
Weimar

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Bauhaus Weimar significantPerson Oskar Schlemmer