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Karl Blossfeldt Biography
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1865 |
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Born on June 6 in Schielo, Unterharz, Germany
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1881 - 1883 |
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Worked as an apprentice at foundry in Mägdesprung
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1893 |
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Began photographically archiving plant samples
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1928 |
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Worked as a professor at the Berliner Kunsthochschule
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2009
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Pflanzenstudien von Karl Blossfeldt und verwandte Positionen - SK Stiftung Kultur, Cologne
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2007
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Garten Eden. Der Garten in der Kunst seit 1900 - Kunsthalle in Emden, Emden
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2006
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Natures Silencioses. Fundación Ordoñez-Falcón de Fotografía - Centre d’Art la Panera, Lérida
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2005
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Blumenstück - Künstlers Glück - Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen
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2004
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NEUE SACHLICHKEIT: “New Objectivity” in Weimar Germany - Ubu Gallery, New York City, NY
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2003
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Karl Blossfeldt - Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich (solo)
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2000
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Karl Blossfeldt - Formen der Natur - Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur (solo)
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1999
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Karl Blossfeldt Vintage Photogravures and Estate Photographs - Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA (solo)
Ausstellung zur Architektur - Neues Sehen / Neues Bauen - fiedler contemporary, Cologne
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1998
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Comparative Concepts - ICP - International Center of Photography, New York City, NY
Signaturen des Sichtbaren - Kunsthalle Erfurt, Erfurt
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1997
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Art Forms in Nature - Presentation House Gallery - PHG, North Vancouver, BC (solo)
Private View. Collection Allan Porter - Museum im Bellpark, Kriens
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1994
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Karl Blossfeldt - Fotografie - Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart (solo)
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1994
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Images after Nature - Galerie Lichtblick, Cologne
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1993
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temporary translations - Sammlung Schürmann - Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
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1977
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documenta 6 - Documenta, Kassel
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1926
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Nierendorf Gallery, Berlin
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| Literature |
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1928
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Published Urformen der Kunst
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| Links to further information |
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