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Gerhard Marcks (1889-1981)

Professions: Sculptor; Wood cutter

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    GERHARD MARCKS Berlin 1889 - 1981 Köln MAJA 1942

    GERHARD MARCKS Berlin 1889 - 1981 Köln MAJA 1942

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    Marcks, Gerhard „Schwimmerin II

    Marcks, Gerhard „Schwimmerin II"

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    Kokoschka, Oskar Blumenstilleben

    Kokoschka, Oskar Blumenstilleben

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    Marcks, Gerhard „Freya

    Marcks, Gerhard „Freya"

Gerhard Marcks Biography

(b Berlin, 18 Feb 1889; d Burgbrohl, nr Cologne, 13 Nov 1981). German sculptor, draughtsman and printmaker. He first sculpted animals while studying under Richard Scheibe. After World War I his interest in classicism gave way to the influence of Expressionism and of the Sturm artists, as part of a search for a new spirituality. This new style of work can be seen in Woman Suckling (gold-plated limewood relief, 1919; Bremen, Marcks-Haus). Walter Gropius, who founded the Bauhaus in Weimar in 1919, asked Marcks to establish a ceramics workshop for the school in the nearby village of Dornburg. With his students he set out to create a Bauhaus ceramics ethic of simplicity and honesty of design as determined by the materials used and the function of the object. In stylistic terms he combined geometry with a local pottery tradition. He was also inspired by Lyonel Feininger to make woodcuts of rural genre themes.

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