Walter dexel biography

Paintings, typography, interior designs, set designs, writer. Born Karl Maria Walther Dexel 7 February 1890 in Munich. 1910-14: studied art history and archaeology at University of Munich. 1912-13: travelled and painted in Italy. 1914: studied in Paris; solo exhibition in Munich. Military service. Studied lettering under Botho Graef, Jena. 1916-28: exhibition manager for the Jenaer Kunstverein; freelance designer. From 1917: painted expressionist pictures. 1919: beginning of friendship with Kurt Schwitters. 1923: staged Constructivist exhibition, Jena. 1924-8: designed electric road- and outdoor advertising signs in Jena and Frankfurt a.M. 1927: moved to Frankfurt a.M.; publicity work. 1928-35: invited by Wilhelm Deffke, he taught graphics and art history at Magdeburg Kunstgewerbe- und Handwerkerschule. 1928: founding member of ring ‘neue werbegestalter’. 1933-9: technical advisor in graphics at Höheren Schulen in Westfalia and in the Rhei

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