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Early Life and Education Born: Winterthur, Switzerland (1908) Died: 1994 Apprenticeship as a silversmith (1924-1927) Studies at the Bauhaus in Dessau (1927-1929) under Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee and Oskar Schlemmer. Moved to Zurich after Bauhaus studies. Artistic Development and Key Works Early work focused on graphic designs for modern buildings. Prime mover behind the Allianz group of Swiss artists (from 1937). Widely considered a decisive influence on Swiss graphic design from the 1950s onward. Developed a distinctive style characterized by clarity, precision and an…
A chart of Max Bill's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.
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