Oskar Schlemmer, Birthday Anniversary, 4 September 2025
Please join us in remembering and to honour and celebrate the life and enduring legacy of this extraordinary artist and dearly cherished grandfather
On his forty-fourth birthday, 4 September 1932, the artist Oskar Schlemmer noted in his diary:
“Crisis: Either I draw the curtain once more, to turn quite dark (for the sake of reflection), or I proceed towards a non-colouring yet richly saturated colouration. This, however, demands great exertion — experiments which, 'in darkness', may perhaps prosper all the better.”
It was the ominously impending, looming peripeteia – a presentiment of a period of darkness in the life of the artist, the German Reich, Europe, and the world. On that very day, he completed the design plan for his notable painting “Bauhaus Staircase”, conceived in vivid hues of blue, red, and yellow in Breslau (Wroclaw). (See Timeline Oskar Schlemmer)
Oskar Schlemmer, photograph, 1932; dedicated to his wife, Tut Schlemmer
© Photo Archive C. Raman Schlemmer
Please join us in remembering and to honour and celebrate the life and enduring legacy of this extraordinary artist and dearly cherished grandfather
On his forty-fourth birthday, 4 September 1932, the artist Oskar Schlemmer noted in his diary:
“Crisis: Either I draw the curtain once more, to turn quite dark (for the sake of reflection), or I proceed towards a non-colouring yet richly saturated colouration. This, however, demands great exertion — experiments which, 'in darkness', may perhaps prosper all the better.”
It was the ominously impending, looming peripeteia – a presentiment of a period of darkness in the life of the artist, the German Reich, Europe, and the world. On that very day, he completed the design plan for his notable painting “Bauhaus Staircase”, conceived in vivid hues of blue, red, and yellow in Breslau (Wroclaw). (See Timeline Oskar Schlemmer)
Oskar Schlemmer, photograph, 1932; dedicated to his wife, Tut Schlemmer
© Photo Archive C. Raman Schlemmer
Oskar Schlemmer
Abstrakte Figur, Freiplastik G |Abstract Figure, Sculpture in the Round G,1921/1923
Abstrakte Figur, Freiplastik G |Abstract Figure, Sculpture in the Round G,1921/1923
Schlemmer transformed the dynamic essence of dance into static forms through
geometric abstraction, conveying movement and spatial interaction. As sculptural forms in The Triadic Ballet, the sculpture exemplifies his pursuit of movement and abstraction. The interplay of concave and convex surfaces, along with the contrasts of light and shadow, generates a sense of dynamism.
geometric abstraction, conveying movement and spatial interaction. As sculptural forms in The Triadic Ballet, the sculpture exemplifies his pursuit of movement and abstraction. The interplay of concave and convex surfaces, along with the contrasts of light and shadow, generates a sense of dynamism.
© Photo Archive C. Raman Schlemmer
