20 Jan. 59 Zurich
1959 · Tempera on fabric
support: 200 x 235 mm frame: 433 x 540 x 20 mm
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Julius Bissier
German, 1893
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Master Prints from the Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1987–1988
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Prints from Blocks: Gauguin to Now
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1983
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Julius Bissier was a German painter and printmaker whose abstract works combined calligraphic mark-making with a restrained, meditative palette. Working primarily in watercolor, gouache, and ink from the 1920s onward, he developed a distinctive visual language rooted in gestural abstraction and the influence of East Asian art. His small-scale compositions often featured delicate linear forms and subtle color shifts across carefully composed fields. Bissier's practice bridged European modernism and contemplative Eastern aesthetics during a career spanning several decades in the twentieth century.
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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