Allianz was a group of
Swiss
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artists which formed in 1937.
The Allianz group advocated the
concrete art theories of
Max Bill with more emphasis on color than their
Constructivist counterparts.
Their first group exhibition, ''Neue Kunst in der Schweiz'', was held in
Kunsthalle Basel
Kunsthalle Basel is a contemporary art gallery in Basel, Switzerland.
As Switzerland's oldest and still most active institution for contemporary art established in the year of 1872, Kunsthalle Basel forms a vital part of Basel's cultural centre ...
in 1937 (January 9-February 2) and was followed by a second at the
Kunsthaus in Zürich in 1942 and then in 1947 (October 18-November 23). Further shows were held at the Galerie des Eaux Vives in Zürich, starting with two in 1944. The founder and Director of Galerie des Eaux Vives, as well as a prominent founding artist of the Allianz, was
John Konstantin Hansegger, born in St. Gallen in 1908.
The ''Almanach Neuer Kunst in der Schweiz'', published by the group in 1941, showed reproductions of their works with those of artists such as
Paul Klee
Paul Klee (; 18 December 1879 – 29 June 1940) was a Swiss-born German artist. His highly individual style was influenced by movements in art that included expressionism, cubism, and surrealism. Klee was a natural draftsman who experimented wi ...
,
Le Corbusier
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (6 October 188727 August 1965), known as Le Corbusier ( , ; ), was a Swiss-French architectural designer, painter, urban planner and writer, who was one of the pioneers of what is now regarded as modern architecture ...
, Gérard Vulliamy and
Kurt Seligmann. The publication included texts by Bill, Leuppi, Le Corbusier, Seligmann,
Sigfried Giedion
Sigfried Giedion (also spelled Siegfried Giedion; 14 April 1888, Prague – 10 April 1968, Zürich) was a Bohemian-born Swiss historian and critic of architecture. His ideas and books, '' Space, Time and Architecture'', and ''Mechanization ...
, Gérard Vulliamy and others. Editions des Eaux-Vives Zurich (connected with the Galerie) published important illustrated bulletins of Allianz shows with texts by
Hansegger, Johannes Sorge, Max Bill and Ugo Pirogallo.
Allianz exhibitions continued into the 1950s.
Allianz artists
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Max Bill
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Camille Graeser
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Hansegger
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André Evard
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Fritz Glarner
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Max Huber
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Leo Leuppi
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Richard Paul Lohse
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Verena Loewensberg
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References
Modern art
Swiss art
1937 in Switzerland
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