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After studying art in Germany and Italy, Freundlich visited Paris for the first time in 1908, and worked alongside avant-garde writers and artists such as Apollinaire, Braque, and Picasso in the bohemian district of Montmartre. Freundlich painted his first purely abstract works in 1911 and henceforth became committed to pioneering abstraction. His work was included in groundbreaking exhibitions before and after World War I in Berlin, Munich, and Paris. Some of his most lyrically intense pastels—such as Composition—were made in 1924 following a trip to Paris when he participated in the Salon des Indépendants.
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156570
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Composition
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drawing
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156570
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drawing
title
Composition
description
After studying art in Germany and Italy, Freundlich visited Paris for the first time in 1908, and worked alongside avant-garde writers and artists such as Apollinaire, Braque, and Picasso in the bohemian district of Montmartre. Freundlich painted his first purely abstract works in 1911 and henceforth became committed to pioneering abstraction. His work was included in groundbreaking exhibitions before and after World War I in Berlin, Munich, and Paris. Some of his most lyrically intense pastels—such as Composition—were made in 1924 following a trip to Paris when he participated in the Salon des Indépendants.
date
1924
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q79946085
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12608
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Drawing
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 74.6 x 53.8 cm (29 3/8 x 21 3/16 in.)
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Germany, 20th century
accession
1992.277
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tec
pastel
tombstone
Composition, 1924. Otto Freundlich (German, 1878–1943). Pastel; overall: 74.6 x 53.8 cm (29 3/8 x 21 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Lockwood Thompson, 1992.277
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paper
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DR - German
inscriptions
inscription
signed lower left: O. F. [signed on back: Otto Freundlich / Paris 1924]
citations
citation
Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1992.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 80, no. 2 (February 1993): 38–79.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 277, no. 206
citation
"Art Together Family Workshops.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> 56, no. 6 (November/December 2016): 41.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 41
citation
Coffin, Sarah D., and Stephen Harrison. <em>The Jazz Age: American style in the 1920s. </em>Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2017.
page_number
Reproduced: cat. 167, p. 344
citation
Friedrich, Julia, ed. <em>Otto Freundlich: Cosmic Communism.</em> Cologne, Germany: Museum Ludwig; Basel, Switzerland: Kunstmuseum Basel; Munich, Germany; London, England; New York, New York: Prestel, 2017. p. 141
page_number
Reproduced: p. 141
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Bequest of Lockwood Thompson
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2026-05-29 08:08:16.848000
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156570
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Drawings
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DR - German
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pastel
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Jewish artists
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