Allianz was a group of

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artists which formed in 1937. The Allianz group advocated the

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theories of

Max Bill Max Bill (22 December 1908 – 9 December 1994) was a Swiss architect, artist, painter, typeface designer, industrial designer and graphic designer. Early life and education Bill was born in Winterthur. After an apprenticeship as a silversmith ...

with more emphasis on color than their Constructivist counterparts. Their first group exhibition, ''Neue Kunst in der Schweiz'', was held in

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in 1937 (January 9-February 2) and was followed by a second at the Kunsthaus in Zürich in 1942 and then in 1947 (October 18-November 23). Further shows were held at the Galerie des Eaux Vives in Zürich, starting with two in 1944. The founder and Director of Galerie des Eaux Vives, as well as a prominent founding artist of the Allianz, was John Konstantin Hansegger, born in St. Gallen in 1908. The ''Almanach Neuer Kunst in der Schweiz'', published by the group in 1941, showed reproductions of their works with those of artists such as

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, Gérard Vulliamy and

Kurt Seligmann Kurt Leopold Seligmann (1900–1962) was a Swiss-American Surrealist painter and engraver. He was known for his fantastic imagery of medieval troubadors and knights in macabre rituals and inspired by the carnival held annually in his native ...

. The publication included texts by Bill, Leuppi, Le Corbusier, Seligmann,

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, Gérard Vulliamy and others. Editions des Eaux-Vives Zurich (connected with the Galerie) published important illustrated bulletins of Allianz shows with texts by Hansegger, Johannes Sorge, Max Bill and Ugo Pirogallo. Allianz exhibitions continued into the 1950s.

Allianz artists

* Camille Graeser * Hansegger * André Evard *

Fritz Glarner Fritz Glarner (July 20, 1899 in Zurich – September 18, 1972 in Locarno) was a Switzerland, Swiss-American Painting, painter. Glarner was a leading proponent of so-called Concrete Art, an artists' movement whose roots lead back to the pain ...

* Max Huber * Leo Leuppi *

Richard Paul Lohse Richard Paul Lohse (September 13, 1902 – September 16, 1988) was a Swiss painter and graphic artist and one of the main representatives of the concrete and constructive art movements. Lohse was born in Zürich in 1902. His wish to study in Par ...

* Verena Loewensberg *

References

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