Johannes Molzahn

Johannes Molzahn (Duisburg, 21 May 1892 – Munich, 31 December 1965) was a German artist.^[1]

He was born in Duisburg. He learned drawing and photography,^[1] but later concentrated on painting. 1908 to 1914 he stayed in Switzerland. Molzahn became acquainted with Herwarth Walden, Walter Gropius, Theo van Doesburg and El Lissitzky. He was a member of the Arbeitsrat für Kunst and taught at the Staatliche Akademie für Kunst und Kunstgewerbe Breslau. After World War I he worked as a graphic designer and through intervention of Bruno Taut became a graphics teacher in Magdeburg. He was forbidden to work by the Nazis in 1933 and fired.^[1] Eight of his works were shown in the exhibition of entartete Kunst in 1937.^[2]

He emigrated to the United States in 1938 and returned to Germany 1959,^[1] settling in Munich. He died at age 73.^[1][2]

Notes and references

1. "Molzahn, Johann (Johannes) Ernst Ludwig". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 Oct 2012.
2. "Johannes Molzahn - Moderne Kunst - Galerie der Rekorde - VAN-HAM Kunstauktionen". Archived from the original on 12 December 2012. Retrieved 13 Oct 2012.

External links

• Works by Johannes Molzahn at MoMA