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Gerd Arntz
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Gerd Arntz (11 December 1900 – 4 December 1988) was a German Modernist artist renowned for his black and white woodcuts. A core member of the Cologne Progressives, he was also a council communist.[1] The Cologne Progressives participated in the revolutionary unions AAUD (KAPD) and its offshoot the AAUE in the 1920s.[2] In 1928 Arntz contributed prints to the AAUE paper Die Proletarische Revolution, calling for workers to abandon parliament and form and participate in worker's councils.[1] These woodcut prints feature recurring themes of class.[1]
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Gerd Arntz | |
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![]() Arntz in 1982 | |
Born | (1900-12-11)11 December 1900 |
Died | 4 December 1988(1988-12-04) (aged 87) |
Nationality | German / Dutch |
Known for | co-creator of Isotype |
Style | Constructivism, Figurative Constructivism |
Website | gerdarntz |
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