Johannes Itten (1888 - 1967)
1888-10-11Wachseldorn, Switzerland1967-05-27Zurich, SwitzerlandSwitzerland
Johannes Itten
Johannes Itten was a Swiss expressionist painter, designer, teacher, writer and theorist associated with the Bauhaus (Staatliches Bauhaus) school. Together with German-American painter Lyonel Feininger and German sculptor Gerhard Marcks, under the direction of German architect Walter Gropius, Itten was part of the core of the Weimar Bauhaus.
Date and place of birt: | 11 october 1888, Wachseldorn, Switzerland |
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Date and place of death: | 27 may 1967, Zurich, Switzerland |
Nationality: | Switzerland |
Specialization: | Artist, Painter |
Art school / group: | Bauhaus |
Art style: | Abstract art, Degenerate art, Expressionism |