Erich Buchholz was a German artist in painting and printmaking.
14 Facts About Erich Buchholz
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Erich Buchholz was a central figure in the development of non-objective or concrete art in Berlin between 1918 and 1924.
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Erich Buchholz interrupted his artistic activity in 1925, first because of economic hardship and, from 1933, as he was forbidden to paint by the National-Socialist authorities.
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Erich Buchholz was born on 31 January 1891 in Bromberg, Province of Posen, Germany.
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Erich Buchholz started working as a teacher in a primary school in Berlin, painting in his free time.
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Erich Buchholz participated in international events such as the First Exhibition of Modern Art in Bucharest.
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In 1923, Erich Buchholz's interest drifted towards architecture and he started working on the use of shell forms in buildings, such as the design of an egg-form house.
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Besides painting, Erich Buchholz wrote several booklets and articles in which he investigated in depth the relationship between world view and the constructivist principles.
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Erich Buchholz continued to paint until 1933 when the National Socialists labelled his work "degenerate".
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Erich Buchholz was arrested several times and received an interdiction to paint and participate in exhibitions.
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Erich Buchholz resumed his activity after the war in 1945.
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Erich Buchholz continued to live in Germendorf until 1950, when he was able to move to West Berlin.
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Erich Buchholz participated in various art exhibitions such as the Salon des Realites Nouvelles in Paris.
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In 1964, Erich Buchholz presented a sequence of screen-prints, "Constant-Variables," in which he explores the idea of a work of art as permeable in time and space.