Roman Clemens
Roman Clemens (born February 11, 1910 in Dessau , † February 3, 1992 in Zurich ) was a German set designer and designer.
Life
Roman Clemens was a student at the Bauhaus from 1927 to 1931 (teachers: Paul Klee , Wassili Kandinsky , Oskar Schlemmer ). In 1931 he received the Bauhaus Diploma No. 39. He then worked as a set designer in Dessau until 1932 and then until 1943 at the Zurich Opera House . From 1945 various projects for the space theater, boarding school. Exhibitions. He was the designer of the well-known Zurich cinema “Studio 4” and did numerous stage work for the Zurich Opera House.
Constructivist paintings date from the 1970s and 1980s.
Honors
- 1962: Johann Heinrich Merck honoring the city of Darmstadt
literature
- Christian Jauslin: Roman Clemens . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 1, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 390 f.
Web links
- Literature by and about Roman Clemens in the catalog of the German National Library
- Paul Suter: Clemens, Roman. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Roman Clemens on artnet
- "The Bauhaus cause has become my life's work"
- Peter K. Wehrli: Clemens, Roman. In: Sikart
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Clemens, Roman |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German set designer and designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 11, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dessau |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd February 1992 |
| Place of death | Zurich |