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German artist Ella Bergmann-Michel (1896–1971) experimented with collage and assemblage in the tumultuous era of the Weimar Republic....

Ella Bergmann-Michel

German abstract artist, photographer and documentary filmmaker

Ella Bergmann-Michel (20 October 1896 – 8 August 1971) was a German abstract artist, photographer and documentary filmmaker.^[1] An early student of constructivist art in Germany, her contributions to modern abstract art are often forgotten in American art culture.

Bergmann-Michel’s style was very specialized and unique, especially considering the restrictive time in which she was actively working.

Before she started her work as a filmmaker of short documentary films, Bergmann-Michel already had made her mark as an abstract artist and.

Ella Bergmann-Michel (20 October 1896 – 8 August 1971) was a German abstract artist, photographer and documentary filmmaker.

German artist Ella Bergmann-Michel (1896–1971) experimented with collage and assemblage in the tumultuous era of the Weimar Republic.

For the majority of her career, Ella Bergmann-Michel (1895-1971) was known as a collage artist, a photographer and a pioneer of modern art.

Artist, photographer and filmmaker Ella Bergmann-Michel lived and worked since 1920 on the "Schmelz", an old paint mill near Frankfurt am Main.

Most of her work is not titled or signed, making it hard to identify and find in today's art market.^[2]

Early life

Bergmann-Michel began making art at an early age. By 1915 she experimented with a collage technique in the constructivist style.

By using wood, metal and any other obscure material Bergmann-Michel would create very exact and scientific looking collages.^[3] From 1917 to 1920 she studied at the Weimar Hochschule für Bildenden Kunste under the German painter