Max Bill, was architect, sculptor, painter, typographer, draftsman, curator and professor. He spent his early and formative years at the Bauhaus where he studied under Klee, Kandinsky and Albers between 1927- 1929. Moving shortly thereafter to Paris, the young Bill exhibited with the group Abstraction-Creation, along with Mondrian, Brancusi and Arp.
He was engaged with several British artists also affiliated with this group such as Barbara Hepworth and Ben Nicholson, and formed a lasting friendship with Marlow Moss.He is one of the seminal figures in Concrete Art and helped to form the Allianz group in 1937, which held a strong emphasis on colour theory that Bill carried throughout his work since his time at the Bauhaus.
Max Bill is on show at Annely Juda Fine Art Gallery in London until July 30th.
