Ludwig Wilding (19 May 1927 – 4 January 2010) was a German visual artist, whose work is associated with
Op art and
Kinetic art. Wilding lived in
Düsseldorf
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, and
Westheim, Germany.
Biography
Wilding was born in
Grünstadt
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,
Germany
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.
He studied at the
University of Mainz
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Art School, from 1949 to 1950; and at the
State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart, from 1952 to 1954, under
Willi Baumeister
Willi Baumeister (22 January 1889 – 31 August 1955) was a German painter, scenic designer, art professor, and typographer. His work was part of the art competitions at the 1928 Summer Olympics and the 1932 Summer Olympics.
Life
Born in ...
.
Wilding's works are three-dimensional structures that create shifting patterns through their black and white designs. He has shown at the Museum Leverkusen (1953); Zimmergallery (1958), Frankfurt; and Studio F (1965), Ulm. His work was included in ''
The Responsive Eye'' (
Museum of Modern Art
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It plays a major role in developing and collecting modern art, and is often identified as one of ...
, New York, 1965), ''Eyes, Lies, and Illusions'' (Hayward Gallery,
London
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, 2004) and ''Optic Nerve: Perceptual Art of the 1960s'' (The Columbus Museum of Art,
Ohio
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, 2007).
References
External links
Galerie La Ligne, Zürich - biography and information about his stereoscopic art
Further reading
* ''The Responsive Eye''. William C. Seitz, New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1965.
* ''Ludwig Wilding. Retrospektive 1949-1987'' Kaiserslautern: Pfalzgalerie des Bezirksverbands Pfalz, 1987.
* ''Ludwig Wilding. Una traiettoria cinetica''. Getulio Alviani, Milano: Edizioni Arte Struktura, 2004.
* ''Ludwig Wilding. Visuelle Phanomen''. Wienand Verlag Edizioni, 2007.
* ''Ludwig Wilding. kunst= traum = illusion = tauschung''. Hamburg: Galerie Renate Kammer, 2012.
* ''Ludwig Wilding. Kinetische und Programmierte Kunst: 1967/2008''. Milano: Galleria Dep Art Edizioni, 2013.
1927 births
2010 deaths
20th-century German painters
20th-century male artists
21st-century German painters
21st-century male artists
German contemporary artists
German male painters
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz alumni
Op art
State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart alumni
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