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Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart

Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart

German, 1899–1962

WA-00023797

Osnabrück, Germany

PaintingCubismGeometric AbstractionConstructivism

Representation

None documented

7

Institutional Exhibitions

17

Works in Collection

36

Assets Indexed

4

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

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Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ471652

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Abstractions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1988–1989

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Contrasts of Form: Geometric Abstract Art, 1910�1980

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985–1986

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Abstraction-Cr�ation, Art Non-Figuratif

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1977

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The Graphic Revolution: 1915�1935

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1977

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Cubism and Its Affinities

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1976

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Drawings: Recent Gifts

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1975

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De Stijl

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1952–1953

Field Verification (4 fields)

3 cross-verified · 1 single-source

Birth yearWikidata· 92%✓
LocationWikidata· 92%✓
NationalityWikidata· 92%✓
BiographyWikidata· 92%

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/6189
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

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Movement

Cubism

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Museum of Modern ArtNew York Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (17)

Abstraction in Black and Red (Composition 79)

1935 · Lithograph

composition 10 11/16 x 8" (27.1 x 20.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Mit Rasch Arbeiten Bedeutet Mehr Umsatz (With Rasch, work brings greater satisfaction)

Mit Rasch Arbeiten Bedeutet Mehr Umsatz (With Rasch, work brings greater satisfaction)

1931 · Letterpress

11 5/8 × 8 3/8 × 1/4" (29.5 × 21.2 × 0.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Ekaha-Schnellsicht, Die Steilkartei mit Sichtstreifen, Ein Blick-Ein Griff

Ekaha-Schnellsicht, Die Steilkartei mit Sichtstreifen, Ein Blick-Ein Griff

1931 · Letterpress

11 11/16 x 8 1/4" (29.7 x 21 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Kinderzeichnungen, Kestner-Gesellschaft Hannover

Kinderzeichnungen, Kestner-Gesellschaft Hannover

1930 · Letterpress

7 7/8 x 5 3/4" (20 x 14.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (Photocollage No. 7)

Untitled (Photocollage No. 7)

1928 · Gelatin silver print

6 1/2 × 4 1/2" (16.5 × 11.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Equilibrium (Photocollage K 38a)

Equilibrium (Photocollage K 38a)

1927 · Gelatin silver print

14 7/16 × 10 5/8" (36.7 × 27 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Composition Number 37

Composition Number 37

1927 · Oil on canvas with mounted plastic half-sphere

23 3/4 x 31 1/2" (60.3 x 80 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Die Abstrakten Hannover letterhead

Die Abstrakten Hannover letterhead

1927 · Letterpress

11 5/8 x 8 5/16" (29.5 x 21.0 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Ausstellung, Alte Kulturwerte In Hannoverschem Besitz

1927 · Lithograph

29 1/2 x 21 1/2" (74.9 x 54.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Composition Number 23

Composition Number 23

1926 · Oil on canvas with mounted wood frame section

7' 10 3/4" x 6' 6 3/8" (240.4 x 199 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Composition No. 15

Composition No. 15

1925 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 1499 x 1251 mm frame: 1541 x 1290 x 48 mm

1924 · Cut-and-pasted printed paper, corrugated board, watercolor, and pencil on paper

Museum of Modern Art

Leni Matthaei D.W.B

Leni Matthaei D.W.B

1924 · Letterpress

11 5/8 x 8 1/4" (29.5 x 21 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Gruppe K

1924 · Letterpress

11 9/16 x 9" (29.4 x 22.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1924 · Letterpress

4 7/8 x 6 3/16" (12.4 x 15.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Intimately Silvered

Intimately Silvered

1923 · Pencil and ink on paper

21 1/4 x 17 1/4" (54 x 43.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Vordemberge-Gildewart, Hannover Listerstrasse 24

Vordemberge-Gildewart, Hannover Listerstrasse 24

11 x 4 1/4" (27.9 x 10.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (2)

17 published of 33 catalogued · 26 with image

MoMA
16 publishedof 32 catalogued25 img
Tate
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)

1 entries · 1 sources

Composition No. 15
1925 · Tate · 1 prov
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Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart (Wikipedia)

Wikipedia

Statue of the Madonna in the Mountains (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

8

Movements5

Cubism Geometric Abstraction Constructivism De Stijl Abstract Art

Collections3

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Museum of Modern Art Tate

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Tate

Record

Selected Credits

7 total

1988Abstractions — Museum of Modern Artexhibition

1985Contrasts of Form: Geometric Abstract Art, 1910�1980 — Museum of Modern Artexhibition

1977Abstraction-Cr�ation, Art Non-Figuratif — Museum of Modern Artexhibition

1977The Graphic Revolution: 1915�1935 — Museum of Modern Artexhibition

1976Cubism and Its Affinities — Museum of Modern Artexhibition

1975Drawings: Recent Gifts — Museum of Modern Artexhibition

1952De Stijl — Museum of Modern Artexhibition

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Exhibitions and timeline