A subversive gleam : Max Bill and his time, 1908-1939 / Angela Thomas ; translated by Fiona Elliott.

Main entry:

Thomas, Angela, 1948- author.

Title & Author:

A subversive gleam : Max Bill and his time, 1908-1939 / Angela Thomas ; translated by Fiona Elliott.

Publication:

[New York] : Hauser & Wirth Publishers, [2022]
©2022

Description:

732 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits, facsimiles ; 24 cm

Notes:
"Originally published as mit subversivem glanz : max bill und siene zeit. band 1: 1908-1939 in 2008 by Scheidegger & Spiess"--Colophon
Translation of: Mit subversivem glanz. Bd. 1. 1908-1939.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 705-716) and index.
English text translated from the German.

Summary:

"Max Bill (1908-1994) was a Swiss polymath bridging the worlds of art, design, and architecture. Dr. Angela Thomas, art historian and widow of the artist, retraces Max Bill's biography, from his childhood to his training at the Bauhaus, his return to Zurich, and on until the late 1930s. She meticulously dissects Max Bill's journey through his exchanges with his family, teachers, and peers-and their individual respective life trajectories. In a highly unconventional meander through extraordinary biographies, she thus exposes the web-like private and public constellations in which Bill evolved."-- Publisher's webpage.

ISBN:

9783906915401 (paperback)
3906915409 (paperback)

Subject:

Bill, Max, 1908-1994.
Artists Switzerland Biography.
Artistes Suisse Biographies.
Artists
Switzerland

Form/genre:

Biographies

Added entries:

Elliott, Fiona, 1951- translator.

Max Bill and his time, 1908-1939

Holdings:

Location: Library main 319462
Call No.: 319462
Copy: 1
Status: Available

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