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拍品专文
Eidos mit weißen Sandflächen belongs to a series of paintings that Willi Baumeister produced in 1940 inspired from the Greek word Eidos. This Greek word, meaning "form", may also refer to the idea of the eternal archetype, in which the things in the visible world are but shadows. From very early on in his artistic career, Baumeister was interested in the archetypical factor. In the early 1930s he became fascinated by archaic configurations which lent his work an aspect reminiscent of Neolithic cave paintings. He continued to develop these ideas of the archaic and the archetypical image throughout most of his artistic career.
Between 1940 and 1942 Baumeister was working on his Linien und Lasuren series, to which Eidos mit weißen Sandflachen belongs. During this period he was also experimenting with different glazes to achieve new surfaces and to create a relief, over which he would then build up the composition with individual colour fields and superimposed rhythmic lines.
Baumeister started experimenting with the canvas's surface as early as 1909 when he began his apprenticeship with Adolf Holzel at the Stuttgart Kunstakademie. Taking his inspiration from architecture, he began to experiment with raised surfaces which grew out of the canvas, which he achieved by incorporating sand and putty into the paint; he called these early paintings: Wall Paintings.
During the Third Reich Willi Baumeister was banned as a "degenerate artist" and it became difficult to obtain materials, but these challenges forced him into further experimentation with different media and his art benefited from this. During this period he also studied prehistoric and oriental art and wrote his book The Unknown Art. With his extensive and varied oeuvre and his art-theory publications, Baumeister is considered one of the most important modern German artists.
Between 1940 and 1942 Baumeister was working on his Linien und Lasuren series, to which Eidos mit weißen Sandflachen belongs. During this period he was also experimenting with different glazes to achieve new surfaces and to create a relief, over which he would then build up the composition with individual colour fields and superimposed rhythmic lines.
Baumeister started experimenting with the canvas's surface as early as 1909 when he began his apprenticeship with Adolf Holzel at the Stuttgart Kunstakademie. Taking his inspiration from architecture, he began to experiment with raised surfaces which grew out of the canvas, which he achieved by incorporating sand and putty into the paint; he called these early paintings: Wall Paintings.
During the Third Reich Willi Baumeister was banned as a "degenerate artist" and it became difficult to obtain materials, but these challenges forced him into further experimentation with different media and his art benefited from this. During this period he also studied prehistoric and oriental art and wrote his book The Unknown Art. With his extensive and varied oeuvre and his art-theory publications, Baumeister is considered one of the most important modern German artists.