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German visual artist (1927–2010)

Ludwig Wilding
Born19 May 1927
Grünstadt, Germany
Died4 January 2010
EducationUniversity of Mainz,
State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart
OccupationVisual artist
Known forPainting
MovementOp art, kinetic art

Ludwig Wilding (19 May 1927 – 4 January 2010) was a German visual artist, whose work is associated with Op art and Kinetic art. Wilding lived in Düsseldorf, and Westheim, Germany.

Biography

Wilding was born in Grünstadt, Germany. He studied at the University of Mainz Art School, from 1949 to 1950; and at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart, from 1952 to 1954, under Willi Baumeister.

Wilding's works are three-dimensional structures that create shifting patterns through their black and white designs. He has shown at the Museum Leverkusen (1953); Zimmergallery (1958), Frankfurt; and Studio F (1965), Ulm. His work was included in The Responsive Eye (Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1965), Eyes, Lies, and Illusions (Hayward Gallery, London, 2004) and Optic Nerve: Perceptual Art of the 1960s (The Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, 2007).

References

  1. "Q&A With Ludwig Wilding: Spectacular Spatial Art". ArtStyle Blog. 14 January 2008. Archived from the original on 12 July 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
  2. Triennale India, Issue 2. Lalit Kala Akademi. 1971. p. 66.
  3. ^ Houston, Joe (2007). Optic Nerve: Perceptual Art of the 1960s. Merrell. p. 188. ISBN 978-1-85894-389-3.
  4. Gassen, Richard W. (1998). Kunst im Aufbruch: Abstraktion zwischen 1945 und 1959 (in German). Verlag Gerd Hatje. p. 319. ISBN 978-3-7757-0802-9.

External links

Further reading

  • The Responsive Eye. William C. Seitz, New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1965.
  • Ludwig Wilding. Retrospektive 1949-1987 Kaiserslautern: Pfalzgalerie des Bezirksverbands Pfalz, 1987.
  • Ludwig Wilding. Una traiettoria cinetica. Getulio Alviani, Milano: Edizioni Arte Struktura, 2004.
  • Ludwig Wilding. Visuelle Phanomen. Wienand Verlag Edizioni, 2007.
  • Ludwig Wilding. kunst= traum = illusion = tauschung. Hamburg: Galerie Renate Kammer, 2012.
  • Ludwig Wilding. Kinetische und Programmierte Kunst: 1967/2008. Milano: Galleria Dep Art Edizioni, 2013.


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