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10 Facts About Fritz Bleyl

1.

Fritz Bleyl designed graphics for the group including, for their first show, a poster, which was banned by the police.

2.

Fritz Bleyl left the group after only two years, when he married, to look after his family, and did not exhibit publicly thereafter.

3.

Fritz Bleyl was born in Zwickau, Kingdom of Saxony, and grew up in the Erzgebirge region.

4.

Kirchner's studio lived up to Fritz Bleyl's description, becoming a venue which overthrew social conventions to allow casual love-making and frequent nudity.

5.

Fritz Bleyl specialised in graphic design and created several significant posters and tickets presenting the group to the general public.

6.

In 1905, Fritz Bleyl completed his university studies and, the following year, began to teach at the Bauschule in Freiberg, Saxony.

7.

Fritz Bleyl chose a bourgeois lifestyle, marrying in 1907 and, with a concern to support his family, left the group.

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8.

Fritz Bleyl was replaced by Max Pechstein and Otto Mueller.

9.

Fritz Bleyl continued with graphic work, but kept out of public gaze and did not have exhibitions.

10.

Fritz Bleyl resided in Rostock, Neukolln in Berlin, and Brandenburg.