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Willi Baumeister
Künstlertreffen in Paris, 1926, mit: Willi Baumeister (7. von links), Adolf Loos (3. von rechts) und Piet Mondrian (2. von rechts)

Pho­to album

with fam­i­ly

Baumeister siblings
Baumeis­ter sib­lings, Willi with Klara and Hans,
Stuttgart, cir­ca 1893.
Pho­to: Her­mann Brand­seph
Photo: black and white: The wedding couple Magrit and Willi Baumeister, Hacklaenderstr. 19, Stuttgart, 20 November 1926.
The wed­ding cou­ple Magrit and Willi Baumeis­ter,
Hack­laen­der­str. 19, Stuttgart, 20.11.1926.
Pho­to: Richard Doeck­er (?)
Willi and Magrit Baumeister
Willi and Margrit Baumeis­ter,
Stuttgart, cir­ca 1926.
Pho­to: unknown
Willi Baumeister with unknown people in disguise
Willi Baumeis­ter with unknown per­sons,
date unknown.
Pho­to: unknown
Willi and Margrit Baumeister with their daughter Krista in their arms and their cat
Willi and Margrit Baumeis­ter with their daugh­ter Krista,
Gerokstraße, Stuttgart, 1930.
Pho­to: Lily Hilde­brandt
Willi Baumeister with his father Wilhelm, mother Anna and brother Hans Baumeister, 1930
Willi Baumeis­ter with his father Wil­helm, moth­er Anna and broth­er Hans Baumeis­ter, 1930.
Pho­to: unknown
Marie Dobler sitting around a table with Felicitas and Margrit Baumeister, unwrapping presents
Marie Dobler with Felic­i­tas and Margrit Baumeis­ter,
Gerokstraße, Stuttgart, cir­ca 1946.
Pho­to: Mar­ta Hoepffn­er
Margrit and Willi Baumeister with their daughters Krista and Felicitas
Felic­i­tas’ con­fir­ma­tion: Margrit, Krista, Felic­i­tas and Willi Baumeis­ter,
Gerokstraße, Stuttgart, 23.03.1947.
Pho­to: Mar­ta Hoepffn­er
The Baumeister family visiting at Easter around a table
Felic­i­tas Baumeis­ter, Ralph Kessler [Kahn], Krista Gut­brod, Margrit and Willi Baumeis­ter,
Stuttgart, around East­er 1950.
Pho­to: Self-timer?
Margrit and Willi Baumeister standing in the garden with a cat in their arms
Margrit and Willi Baumeis­ter,
Gerokstraße, Stuttgart, cir­ca 1953/1954.
Pho­to: Krista Gut­brod or Felic­i­tas Baumeis­ter

with stu­dents

Female students in the Baumeister class at the Frankfurt Art School
Class Baumeis­ter,
Frank­furt Art School, cir­ca 1930/1931.
Pho­to: Mar­ta Hoepffn­er
Willi Baumeister in front of a wall with illustrative drawings
Willi Baumeis­ter,
Acad­e­my of Fine Arts, Stuttgart, cir­ca 1947/1948.
Pho­to: Renate Lang
Willi Baumeister drawing with two students
Willi Baumeis­ter with Fia Ernst (born Sophia-Maria von Waldthausen) and Jaï­na Schlem­mer,
Stuttgart, 1948.
Pho­to: Renate Lang
Willi Baumeister shows something to the other people in the photo using drawings.
Willi Baumeis­ter with Fritz Kolb, Brigitte Hof­s­tadt (?), unknown, and Gün­ter König, Acad­e­my of Fine Arts,
Stuttgart, cir­ca 1947/1948.
Pho­to: Renate Lang
Wall with various pictures
Acad­e­my of Fine Arts,
Stuttgart, cir­ca 1953.
Pho­to: Willi Baumeis­ter
Group of students with Willi Baumeister looking at a wall displaying works
Willi Baumeis­ter, Acad­e­my of Fine Arts,
Stuttgart, 1953.
Pho­to: Johannes Schu­bert
exhibition tour with students
Acad­e­my of Fine Arts,
Stuttgart, 1953.
Pho­to: Johannes Schu­bert
Willi Baumeister seen from behind with other people in an exhibition, looking at pictures
Willi Baumeis­ter, Acad­e­my of Fine Arts,
Stuttgart, 1953.
Pho­to: Johannes Schu­bert

in the stu­dio

Willi Baumeister on a couch in front of a wall with 5 of his works
Willi Baumeis­ter, farm­house “Im Schwan­den”,
Amden, Switzer­land, 1913.
Pho­to: unknown
Willi Baumeister at his desk (with pictures by Willi Baumeister, Otto Meyer-Amden and a Japanese woodcut), 1919
Willi Baumeis­ter,
Stuttgart, Gym­na­si­um­strasse 35, cir­ca 1919.
Pho­to: Hans Baumeis­ter
Photo: black and white: Willi Baumeister in the studio
Willi Baumeis­ter, stu­dio Untere Anla­gen,
Würt­tem­berg Acad­e­my of Fine Arts, 1919.
Pho­to: unknown
Willi Baumeister sitting in front of a wall with pictures
Willi Baumeis­ter,
Stuttgart, Stu­dio Gerokstr. 2nd floor, 1940.
Pho­to: Dieter Keller
Willi Baumeister in front of a wall with pictures Gerokstraße Stuttgart
Willi Baumeis­ter,
Stuttgart Gerokstraße, 1946/1947.
Pho­to: Vir­ginia Fontaine (Giny)
Willi Baumeister at the easel in his studio in Stuttgart
Willi Baumeis­ter,
Stuttgart, Diemer­shalden­str. stu­dio, 1944.
Pho­to: unknown
Willi Baumeister sitting on a chair in his studio
Willi Baumeis­ter,
Stu­dio Gän­shei­destraße, Stuttgart, 1954.
Pho­to: Johannes Schu­bert
Photo: black and white: Willi Baumeister, Studio Gänsheidestr. 26, Stuttgart, 1955
Willi Baumeis­ter,
Stu­dio Gän­shei­destr. 26, Stuttgart, 1955.
Pho­to: Johannes Schu­bert
Table in the studio with painting utensils
Stu­dio Gän­shei­destraße,
Stuttgart, 1955.
Pho­to: Johannes Schu­bert

with fel­low artists

Photo: black and white: 2nd from right: Willi Baumeister, fellow student, Württemberg Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart, 1907.
2nd from right: Willi Baumeis­ter, fel­low stu­dent,
Würt­tem­berg Acad­e­my of Fine Arts Stuttgart, 1907.
Pho­to: unknown
Photo: black and white: Hermann Stenner, Karl Bürckle, Oskar Schlemmer and seated: Edmund Daniel Kinzinger in front of Schlemmer's mural “Wunder der weißen Nonne” (Miracle of the White Nun) for the Cologne Werkbund Exhibition in 1914.
Her­mann Sten­ner, Karl Bür­ck­le, Oskar Schlem­mer, Edmund Daniel Kinzinger,
Stuttgart, 1913/14.
Pho­to: unknown
Photo: black and white: Waldraff, Max Ackermann, Bertel Schleicher, Herburger, Swarth [or Kandinsky], Prampolini, Willi Baumeister, Ida Hackmüller-Thal, Rovelli Sotja, Zlatko Neumann, Adolf Loos, Piet Mondrian and Michel Seuphor, France, Paris, Montparnasse, behind Café du Dôme, 1926.
Wal­draff, Max Ack­er­mann, Bertel Schle­ich­er, Her­burg­er, Swarth [or Kandin­sky], Pram­poli­ni, Willi Baumeis­ter, Ida Hack­müller-Thal, Rov­el­li Sot­ja, Zlatko Neu­mann, Adolf Loos, Piet Mon­dri­an and Michel Seuphor,
France, Paris, Mont­par­nasse, behind Café du Dôme, 1926.
Pho­to: Gus­tav Schle­ich­er
Artists' gathering in Switzerland, Jura; from left: unknown, Le Corbusier, Henri-Robert von der Mühl, Pierre Jeanneret
Unknown, Le Cor­busier, Hen­ri-Robert von der Mühl, Pierre Jean­neret,
Jura, Switzer­land, cir­ca 1928.
Pho­to: unknown
Willi Baumeister with his wife and many artist friends in Donaueschingen at the Music Days
Carl Schlem­mer, Hans Hilde­brandt or Gus­tav Schle­ich­er, Willi Baumeis­ter, Tut Schlem­mer (née Hele­na Tutein), Ger­hart Münch, Carl von Hacht, Lily Hilde­brandt, Berta Schle­ich­er, Margrit Baumeis­ter and Oskar Schlem­mer,
Donaueschin­gen, 1924.
Pho­to: unknown
Photo: black and white: Willi Baumeister; Hans Warnecke; Julius Bissier, Frankfurt, 1933.
Willi Baumeis­ter with Hans War­necke and Julius Bissier,
Frank­furt, 1933.
Pho­to: Margrit Baumeis­ter
Photo: black and white: Oskar Schlemmer, Julius Bissier; Felicitas Baumeister with the ball and Willi Baumeister in the garden in Gerokstrasse in Stuttgart
Oskar Schlem­mer, Julius Bissier, Felic­i­tas Baumeis­ter and Willi Baumeis­ter,
Stuttgart, Gerokstrasse, 1934.
Pho­to: Margrit Baumeis­ter
Photo: black and white: Willi Baumeister, Fernand Léger, France, Paris, 1949.
Willi Baumeis­ter and Fer­nand Léger,
France, Paris, 1949.
Pho­to: Willy May­wald
Hans Arp and Willi Baumeister drawing at the work table
Hans Arp and Willi Baumeis­ter,
Gerokstraße Stuttgart, 1955.
Pho­to: Johannes Schu­bert

in juries and at con­gress­es

Photo: black and white: Artist colleagues arm and arm by the river in Switzerland
Augs­bourg Roche, Michel Seuphor, Lás­zló Moholy-Nagy and Pierre-Louis Flou­quet by the riv­er, Switzer­land, 1932.
Pho­to: Willi Baumeis­ter
Alexis-Louis Roche, Géa Augsbourg, Pierre-Louis Flouquet (hidden), Willi Baumeister, Madame de Mandrot, Château La Sarraz, Switzerland, 1932. Photo: Lásló Moholy-Nagy
Alex­is-Louis Roche, Géa Augs­bourg, Pierre-Louis Flou­quet (hid­den), Willi Baumeis­ter, Madame de Man­drot, Château La Sar­raz, Switzer­land, 1932.
Pho­to: Lás­ló Moholy-Nagy
Photo: black and white: Men gathered around a table for a jury meeting at Central Collecting Point Munich
Jury meet­ing at the Cen­tral Col­lect­ing Point in Munich, 1950.
Pho­to: Fel­ber­mey­er (?)
Photo: black and white: Willi Baumeister talking to colleagues about pictures on the table
Jury at the Cen­tral Col­lect­ing Point in Munich, 1950, from left: Wern­er Haft­mann, Ernst Gün­ter Troche, Ewald Mataré, Hans Kon­rad Röthel, Willi Baumeis­ter.
Pho­to: Fel­ber­mey­er (?)
Photo: black and white: Jury examines works of art on display at Central Collecting Point Munich
Jury mem­bers at the Cen­tral Col­lect­ing Point in Munich, 1950.
Pho­to: Fel­ber­mey­er (?)
Photo: black and white: Willi Baumeister, Theodor Heuss and Prof Ludwig Grote at the Haus der Kunst, Munich
Willi Baumeis­ter, Theodor Heuss and Pro­fes­sor Lud­wig Grote,
Haus der Kun­st, Munich, 1951.
Pho­to: Fel­ber­mey­er
Photo: black and white: Willi Baumeister smoking at a table with other gentlemen
Dr Röthel, Hans Kon­rad and Willi Baumeis­ter,
Munich, Feb­ru­ary 1950.
Pho­to: Fel­ber­mey­er (?)

as set design­er

Photo: black and white: Willi Baumeister, 2 stagehands unknown and Adolf Loos at the Landestheater Stuttgart
Willi Baumeis­ter, 2 stage­hands unknown and Adolf Loos,
Lan­desthe­ater Stuttgart, 1926.
Pho­to: unknown
Photo: black and white: Willi Baumeister with Bernhard Wosien discussing the work for the theatre
Bern­hard Wosien and Willi Baumeis­ter, 1947.
Pho­to: Made­line Win­kler-Bet­zen­dahl
Photo: black and white: Willi Baumeister on the stage brochure he designed for the opera ‘Liebeszauber’
Willi Baumeis­ter,
Stuttgart, Staat­sthe­ater, Großes Haus, 1947.
Pho­to: Made­line Win­kler-Bet­zen­dahl
Photo: black and white: Willi Baumeister at work
Willi Baumeis­ter, 1947.
Pho­to: Hannes Kil­ian
Photo: black and white: Otto Erich Schilling, Osvalds Lemanis, dancers, M. Stocker and Willi Baumeister at the Staatstheater, Großes Haus, Stuttgart. (Ballet: In scribo satanis)
Otto Erich Schilling, Osvalds Lema­n­is, dancers, M. Stock­er and Willi Baumeis­ter,
Stuttgart, Staat­sthe­ater, Großes Haus, (Bal­let: In scri­bo sata­nis). 1950.
Pho­to: Franz Lazi Junior
Photo: black and white: Willi Baumeister and Gustav Rudolf Sellner designing the stage at the Stuttgart State Theatre
Willi Baumeis­ter and Gus­tav Rudolf Sell­ner,
Stuttgart State The­atre, 1952.
Pho­to: Pit Lud­wig

as an illus­tra­tor and lith­o­g­ra­ph­er

Willi Baumeister creating a frottage on a house wall
Willi Baumeis­ter,
Schled­er­loh, Bavaria, sum­mer 1947.
Pho­to: © Hel­ga Fietz
Willi Baumeister working on a lithographic stone with colleagues
Erich Mönch, Willi Baumeis­ter, and Wil­helm Fis­ch­er, Erich Mönch’s stu­dio,
Acad­e­my of Fine Arts, Stuttgart, 1953.
Pho­to: Krause (?)
Willi Baumeister with two other people at the Domberger printing house
Domberg­er Print­ing House,
Stuttgart, 1951.
Pho­to: Eric Schaal
Willi Baumeister working on a lithestone
Willi Baumeis­ter, Erich Mönch stu­dio, Acad­e­my of Fine Arts,
Stuttgart, 1953.
Pho­to: Krause
Willi Baumeister working on a lithographic stone
Willi Baumeis­ter, Acad­e­my of Fine Arts,
Stuttgart, 1953.
Pho­to: Krause?

pic­ture walls

Pictures on the wall in Willi Baumeister's studio
Stu­dio Untere Anla­gen,
Stuttgart, 1919.
Pho­to: Willi Baumeis­ter
Wall full of pictures in Willi Baumeister's studio
Stu­dio Untere Anla­gen,
Stuttgart, 1921.
Pho­to: Willi Baumeis­ter
Wall full of pictures in Willi Baumeister's studio
Stu­dio Untere Anla­gen,
Stuttgart, 1921/22.
Pho­to: Willi Baumeis­ter
Picture wall in the studio Mainzer Str. Frankfurt
Stu­dio Neue Mainz­er Str. 47,
Frank­furt, 1932.
Pho­to: unknown
Picture wall
Gerokstraße,
Stuttgart, cir­ca 1937.
Pho­to: Willi Baumeis­ter
Picture wall
Gerokstraße,
Stuttgart, 1937/1938.
Pho­to: Willi Baumeis­ter
Picture wall
Diemer­shalden­str. 48,
Stuttgart, cir­ca 1942.
Pho­to: Willi Baumeis­ter
Wall full of pictures
Gerokstraße, first floor,
Stuttgart, 1952.
Pho­to: Willi Baumeis­ter