Die Kunst der reinen Form. Eine Formenlehre fur modern Kunstler

Hinterreiter, Hans

Published by Ediciones Ebusus, Ibiza /Amsterdam, 1978

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Quarto, (745 pages) printed in black and blue, illustrated throughout. Illustrated wrappers. Very fine. - Facsimile edition after Hans Hinterreiters original manuscript 1936-1948. One of 500 numbered copies, signed by Han Hinterreiter. Summary: Book 1: Ordnung und Taufe der Elementarformen. 90 pages with four fold-out pages; Book 2: Die Netze. 174 pages; DAS NETZORGEL. Book 1: Die rechteckigen Netze ohne sichtbare Foca 192 pages; Book 2: Die runden und halbrunden Netze. 194 pages. DIE ANWENDUNG DER FARBE AUF ABSTRAKTE FORMEN. 95 pages. Hans Hinterreiter (Winterthur 1902 Ibiza 1989), a Swiss artist who formed part of the circle of concrete artists close to Max Bill. Hinterreiter, who spent most of his life in Ibiza, produced an extensive and singular body of work focused on geometric shapes and heavily influenced by music and color theory comprised of paintings that convey a sense of dynamic movement. In the 1930s, following his studies in mathematics and architecture, Hinterreiter discovered the systematic color theory devised by the German chemist and Nobel laureate Wilhelm Ostwald. From that point on, he would devote his energy to the development of a highly personal theoretical and practical approach to artmaking that involved the creation, at Ostwalds suggestion, to what he referred as the Formorgel (form organ) and the Farborgel (color organ), tools that would enable him to produce a wide variety of color and form combinations based on elemental geometric structures. Hinterreiter expounded his studies on form and color further in his books Geometrische Schönheit (Geometric Beauty), released in 1958, and Die Kunst der reinen Form (The Art of Pure Form), published in Barcelona in 1978. Seller Inventory # 000933

Bibliographic Details

Title: Die Kunst der reinen Form. Eine Formenlehre ...

Publisher: Ediciones Ebusus, Ibiza /Amsterdam

Publication Date: 1978

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)