SCHLEMMER, Oskar

After undistinguished beginnings as a painter, Schlemmer made reliefs of concave and convex shapes and in 1921 exhibited abstract free-standing sculpture. On the faculty of the Bauhaus from 1920 to 1929, he initially taught stone-carving and then theatrical design. Beginning with the Triadischen Ballett (Triadic Ballet, 1922), he made padded costumes that resembled figurines more than traditional ballet garb, giving props and lighting as much presence as performers (presaging ALWIN NIKOLAIS...