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Concrete art was an art movement with a strong emphasis on geometrical abstraction. The term was first formulated by Theo van Doesburg and was then used by him in 1930 to define the difference between his vision of art and that of other abstract artists of the time.
The Peter C. Ruppert Collection of European concrete art is housed at the Museum im Kulturspeicher Würzburg in Würzburg since 2002. The collection was initially assembled by Peter C. Ruppert (1935-2019) [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and later together with his wife Rosemarie.
Peter C. Ruppert (1935–2019) [3] [4] was a businessman and Art collector, who started in the 70s of the 20th century to collect works of Concrete art with a focus on Concrete art after 1945. His collection includes around 418 works by 254 European Concrete art artists from the end of World War II onwards from almost all parts of Europe.
Los Diez was the subject of the exhibition Concrete Cuba at the David Zwirner Gallery displayed at the gallery's London location in 2015 and their New York City venue in 2016. [5] [6] [7] An elaborate accompanying catalogue was produced and features an interview with Pedro De Oraá, then last surviving member of the group, by Lucas Zwirner. [8]
William George Mitchell (30 April 1925 – 30 January 2020) was an English sculptor, artist and designer. He is best known for his large scale concrete murals and public works of art from the 1960s and 1970s. His work is often of an abstract or stylised nature with its roots in the traditions of craft and "buildability".
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He began creating the concrete sculptures after retiring in 1948, and gradually transformed the outdoor rock garden into the concrete park, until his stroke in 1964. [6] After Smith's death in 1976, a storm damaged over 70% of the figures. The Kohler Foundation rehabilitated the park and donated it to Price County, and the land is now a county ...
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