Theo Balden

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German | 1904 - 1995

Theo Balden was a German artist who was born in 1904. Their work is currently being shown at Brandenburg State Museum of Modern Art (BLMK), Frankfurt (Oder) . Numerous key galleries and museums such as 68projects have featured Theo Balden's work in the past.Theo Balden's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 5 USD to 5,364 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2014 the record price for this artist at auction is 5,364 USD for Geschlagener Jude, sold at Van Ham Fine Art Auctions in 2025.

Theo Balden in the news

In 黑料不打烊鈥檚 artist press archive, Theo Balden is featured in , a piece from MOUSSE Magazine in July 2016. The artist died in 1995.

Artist's alternative names: Otto Koehler

Featured for Sale

Torso, klein ,1984

By Theo Balden

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Liegende. ,1970

By Theo Balden

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Träumende ,1968

By Theo Balden

Liegende ,1970

By Theo Balden

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Torso, klein ,1984

By Theo Balden

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Aufgestützte ,1960

By Theo Balden

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Geschlagener Jude ,1943

By Theo Balden

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1923 Vorkurs am Staatlichen Bauhaus bei László Moholy-Nagy, Studien bei Oskar Schlemmer. 1926 Eintritt in die KPD, 1929 in die ASSO. 1934 Verhaftung durch die Gestapo, 1935 Emigration nach Prag mit dem Pass seines späteren Künstlernamens, 1936 Mitbegründer des Oskar-Kokoschka-Bundes. 1939 Emigration nach London. 1947 Rückkehr nach Berlin. Arbeit für die satirische Zeitschrift 鈥濽lenspiegel鈥�. 1950 Lehrauftrag an der Hochschule für bildende und angewandte Kunst Berlin-Weißensee, Dozent für Plastik ,1923

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Current Exhibitions

gefaltet entfaltet: Werke aus der Sammlung des BLMK

Brandenburg State Museum of Modern Art (BLMK), Frankfurt (Oder)

Frankfurt (oder) | Germany

24 Aug, 2025 - 09 Nov, 2025

Past Exhibitions

Marc Krepp: Lebensguss

Galerie Kornfeld

Berlin | Germany

23 Nov, 2018 - 12 Jan, 2019

Kokoschka and Prague

National Gallery Prague, Trade Fair Palace

Prague | Czech Republic

20 Feb, 2015 - 28 Jun, 2015

Articles

鈥淣eue Galerie: The Black Years Histories of a Collection: 1933鈥�1945鈥� at Hamburger Bahnhof-Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin

MOUSSE Magazine 09 Jul, 2016

Museum collections are often less organic that they appear. 鈥淭he Black Years鈥�, an exhibition looking at the issues around artwork, museum and power under the Nazis, is part institutional critique, part history lesson and part a demonstration of the powers of modernism.