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Willi Baumeister ( January 22 , 1889 - August 31 , 1955 ) was a German Painter , Scenic Design er, and Typographer .

Baumeister was born in Stuttgart . There, he was educated as a decoration painter between 1905 and 1907. At the same time, he began to study art at the Stuttgart Art Academy (Kunstakademie) under Robert Poetzelberger , Josef Kerschensteiner , and Adolf Hölzel , but had to interrupt this because of obligatory military service.

In 1926, Baumeister married the painter Margarete Oehm . In 1927, he started teaching as professor at the Städelschule (Municipal School for Art) in Frankfurt Am Main , but was removed from this position on March 31, 1933, by the Nazis .

Baumeister died in Stuttgart .


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  NAME Baumeister, Willi
  SHORT DESCRIPTION German Painter , Scenic Design er, and Typographer
  DATE OF BIRTH January 22 , 1889
  PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart
  DATE OF DEATH August 31 , 1955
  PLACE OF DEATH Stuttgart