Umbo’s work is defined by its bauhaus sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.
Mystery of the Street
Umbo (Otto Umbehr) German, 1902–1980
Untitled
Circus Performers (Artisten)
Circus Performers’ Rehearsal (Artistenprobe)
Bauhaus-Band Seen from Above (Bauhaus Kapelle von oben)
The Three Codonas in the Berlin Wintergarten (Die 3 Codonas im Berliner Wintergarten)
Oskar Schlemmer and Members of the "Junge Gruppe" of the Bauhaus Theatre Dessau
Portrait of a Garçonne (Porträt einer Garçonne)
Bauhaus Theatre Sketch "Three Against One" (Bauhaus Sketch, Und die Polizei steht ganz ruhig dabei)
Portrait of Willis Bock (Porträt Willis Bock)
Shooting a Film with the Actress Hedi Schoop
Wrigley Building by Night, Chicago (Wrigley Gebäude bei Nacht, Chicago)
Untitled (Tanja Sleeping)
Self-Portrait with a Nettel Deck-Rullo (Selbstporträt mit Nettel Deck-Rullo)
Persian Cat ("The Beautiful Mimi")
Shield (Rondache) with a Spiked Umbo
German
Murder, plate two from Death and Resurrection
Otto Dix German, 1891-1969
Evening on the Wijtschaete Plain (November 1917), from War
Otto Dix (German, 1891-1969) published by Verlag Karl Nierendorf/Galerie Nierendorf (German, founded 1920)