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Walter Ruttmann

Walter Ruttmann

?–1941
WA-00020144
Painting
Representation
None documented
0
Institutional Exhibitions
3
Works in Collection
17
Assets Indexed
6
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
70%
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Authority Records (2)

Field Verification (6 fields)

0 cross-verified · 6 single-source
  • BiographyWikidata· 70%
  • Birth yearWikidata· 70%
  • Death yearWikidata· 70%
  • NationalityWikidata· 70%
  • Primary mediumWikidata· 70%
  • Profile imageWikidata· 70%

Source Registry (2)

About

Why this artist matters now

Walter Ruttmann was a German cinematographer and film director, an important German abstract experimental film maker, along with Hans Richter, Viking Eggeling and Oskar Fischinger. He is best known for directing the semi-documentary 'city symphony' silent film, with orchestral score by Edmund Meisel, in 1927, Berlin: Symphony of a Metropolis. His audio montage Wochenende (Weekend) (1930) is considered a major contribution in the development of sound collages and audio plays.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (3)

Artwork sources (2)

3 published of 6 catalogued · 3 with image
  • MoMA
    2 publishedof 5 catalogued2 img
  • Cleveland Museum of Art
    1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)

1 entries · 1 sources
  • The Promenade
    1919 · Cleveland · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
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Images

The Promenade (1919)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Self-Portrait (Art Institute of Chicago)
Art Institute of Chicago

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2
Collections2
Cleveland Museum of ArtMuseum of Modern Art
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In collection
Cleveland Museum of Art
In collection
Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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