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ID: 500005369
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500005369
 
Record Type: Person
Bill, Max (Swiss architect, painter, and sculptor, 1908-1994)

Note: Swiss sculptor, painter, typographer, and teacher studied at the Bauhaus (1927-1929) and remained faithful to that institution's tenets throughout his life. Bill relied on mathematics and geometry to create his paintings and sculptural works, and is associated with the theories of concrete art. His works are abstract, based on grid systems or concerned with geometric conundrums such as the Möbius strip. He was an active member of the Abstraction-Création group, and was rector of the Ulm Hochschule für Gestaltung from 1951-1955. He also acted as architect of the HFG's buildings. Swiss painter, sculptor and architect; d. 12/9/94 in Berlin.

Names:
Bill, Max (preferred,V,index,LC,English-P,NA,U)
Bill, Max (Dutch-P,NA)
Max Bill (V,display)
ביל, מקס (U,Hebrew-P,NA,U)

Nationalities:
Swiss (preferred)

Roles:
artist (preferred)
painter
sculptor
typographer
architect
industrial designer
graphic designer
writer
graphic artist
professor
publicist
photographer

Gender: male

Birth and Death Places:
Born:  Winterthur (Zürich, Switzerland) (inhabited place)
Died:  Zurich (Zürich, Switzerland) (inhabited place)

Related People or Corporate Bodies:
colleague of ....  Aicher, Otl  
......................  (German designer and professor, 1922-1991) [500058307]
colleague of ....  Barros, Geraldo de  
......................  (Brazilian painter and photographer, 1923-1998) [500118158]
spouse of ....  Bill, Binia  
................  (American photographer, 1904-1988) [500388874]
teacher of ....  Bucher, Heidi  
..................  (Swiss sculptor, 1926-1993) [500096217]
worked with ....  Alviani, Getulio  
....................  (Italian painter and sculptor, 1939-2018) [500006302]

List/Hierarchical Position:
 ....  Persons, Artists
 ........  Bill, Max (I)

Biographies:
(Swiss architect, painter, and sculptor, 1908-1994) ..... [VP Preferred]
(Swiss architect, 1908-) ..... [AVERY]
(Swiss architect, painter, sculptor, b.1908) ..... [BHA]
(Swiss sculptor, architect, and painter, b.1908) ..... [GRLPA]
(Swiss artist, 1908-) ..... [WCP]
(Swiss artist, born 1908) ..... [WL-Courtauld]
(Swiss sculptor, born 1908) ..... [CL-Courtauld]
(Swiss painter, 1908-1994) ..... [AVERY]
(Swiss architect, 1908-1994) ..... [Grove Art]
(artist, 1908-1994) ..... [GRL]
(artist, active 20th century) ..... [GRISC]
(Swiss artist, 1908-1994) ..... [MoMA]
(Unknown artist) ..... [GRISC]
(Swiss painter, 1908-1994) ..... [IMJ]
(Swiss architect, 1908-1994) ..... [RKD]

Additional Names:

Sources and Contributors:
ביל, מקס ........ [IMJ]
................  Israel Museum Jerusalem database
Bill, Max ........ [AVERY Preferred, BHA Preferred, CL-Courtauld Preferred, GRISC Preferred, GRL Preferred, GRLPA Preferred, Grove Art Preferred, IMJ Preferred, MoMA Preferred, RKD Preferred, WCP Preferred, WL-Courtauld Preferred]
....................  Artists, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) New York (2000-)
....................  Avery Authority files (1963-)
....................  Friedl, Typography (1998) 129
....................  Grove Art artist database (1989-)
....................  Harald Szeemann papers, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2011-)
....................  Israel Museum Jerusalem database
....................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 50011175
....................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) NAFL50011175; accessed 5 July 2007
....................  M. Knoedler & Co. records, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2012-)
....................  RILA/BHA (1975-2000)
....................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 8423
....................  Witt Library, Authority files
Max Bill ........ [GRISC, MoMA, VP]
..................  Artists, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) New York (2000-)
..................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
..................  Harald Szeemann papers, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2011-)

Subject: ........ [AVERY, BHA, CL-Courtauld, Gallery Systems, GRISC, GRL, GRLPA, Grove Art, IMJ, MoMA, RKD, VP, WCP, WL-Courtauld]
....................  Bangert, Der Stil der 50er Jahre (1983) p.112
....................  Friedl, Typography (1998) 129
....................  Gallery Systems (2000-) LOC ID: n50011175
....................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
....................  Grove Art artist database (1989-)
....................  Grove Art Online (2003-2008) accessed 11 November 2005
....................  Harald Szeemann papers, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2011-)
....................  Israel Museum Jerusalem database
....................  LCNAF Library of Congress Name Authority File [n.d.]
....................  Lexikon der zeitgen schweizer Künstler (1981)
....................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) LOC ID: n50011175
....................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) NAFL50011175; accessed 5 July 2007
....................  M. Knoedler & Co. records, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2012-)
....................  RILA/BHA (1975-2000)
....................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 8423
....................  Wikidata online (2000-) Q123454
....................  Witt Library, Authority files
 
Note:
English .......... [AVERY, CL-Courtauld, VP, WL-Courtauld]
.......... Grove Art Online (2003-2008) accessed 9 May 2005
.......... LCNAF Library of Congress Name Authority File [n.d.]
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