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Comb, Pastels and Buttermilk
The artist Willi Baumeister (1889鈥�1955) also saw himself as a craftsman. He experimented with different materials and techniques: With a metal comb, he worked on the background of the picture or the surfaces of the so-called ridge-pull pictures. Black surfaces that already appeared in his early works were temporarily covered with buttermilk - this created a matt surface effect. Sand and putty characterize entire series of works.
Baumeister's rarely presented pastel drawings enter into dialogue with the sheets of his teacher Adolf H枚lzel (1853鈥�1934) and his student Fritz Seitz (1926鈥�2017). The State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart, at which all three artists taught and / or studied, is involved in the exhibition with empirical studies of painting and material technology.
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The artist Willi Baumeister (1889鈥�1955) also saw himself as a craftsman. He experimented with different materials and techniques: With a metal comb, he worked on the background of the picture or the surfaces of the so-called ridge-pull pictures. Black surfaces that already appeared in his early works were temporarily covered with buttermilk - this created a matt surface effect. Sand and putty characterize entire series of works.
Baumeister's rarely presented pastel drawings enter into dialogue with the sheets of his teacher Adolf H枚lzel (1853鈥�1934) and his student Fritz Seitz (1926鈥�2017). The State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart, at which all three artists taught and / or studied, is involved in the exhibition with empirical studies of painting and material technology.
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