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Biography |
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1901 |
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Born in 1901 in Hamburg, Germany to an American mother and a German father |
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1924 - 1927 |
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Lived in Munich |
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1925 - 1927 |
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Studied at the Kunstakademie |
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1927 - 1928 |
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Lived in Berlin |
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1928 |
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Returned to Munich to become art director of a publishing firm |
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1933 |
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Forced to flee to Paris, where he became politicaly engaged, sought contact with French artists and earned his living as a commercial artist |
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1939 |
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During the War served in the French army |
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1941 |
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Immigrated to New York where he quickly became a highly successful illustrator for such magazines as Fortune, Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue. |
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1948 |
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Became an American citizen |
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1965 |
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Became Guest Professor at the Akademie für Bildende Künste, Hamburg |
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1952 - 1967 |
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Teacher at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn |
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1967 |
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Teacher at Yale University School of Art and Architecture, New Haven |
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1978 |
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Died in New York, 1978 |
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Exhibitions |
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Selected Musuems:
Tate Gallery, London
Smithsonian
Thyssen - Bornemisza Museum, Madrid
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
Walker Art Center, Minnesota
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco
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