id:			156988
accession number:	1993.143
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1993.143
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:16.946000

Geometric Abstraction, c. 1950. Pim van Os (Dutch, 1910–1954). Gelatin silver print; image: 23.7 x 17.7 cm (9 5/16 x 6 15/16 in.); matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1993.143 © Pim van Os

title:				Geometric Abstraction
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creation date:			c. 1950
creation date earliest:		1945
creation date latest:		1955
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
copyright:			© Pim van Os

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culture:	Netherlands
technique:	gelatin silver print
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - Misc. 20th Century
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Pim van Os (Dutch, 1910–1954)  - artist
Pim van Os Dutch, 1910-1954

Pim van Os (born in Arnheim) became known for his experimental work created during the late 1940s and early 1950s. Van Os began his career as an apprentice in a photography shop in The Hague (1926-27), where he began experimenting with darkroom techniques, and then opened his own portrait studio. A Jew, in 1942 he went into hiding after the Nazi occupation of Holland.
	After the war van Os reopened his studio and began work as a freelance photographer for newspapers and magazines. He joined the Dutch Union of Art Photographers (nfk) in 1949 and became acquainted with the influential photographer and teacher Otto Steinert. From 1948-52 van Os created the group of experimental images for which he became best known, working with solarization, montage, multiple exposure, and time-lapse photography. In 1951 he won a gold medal at the International Exhibition of Photography in Milan.
	During the early 1950s van Os wrote a series of articles on creative photography for various European journals and exhibited his work in The Hague (Free Academy, 1951, and Fotoschauw, 1952) and in Amsterdam (Arti & Amiciliae, Nationale Kerstsalon, 1951). During this period he also received photographic commissions from advertising agencies and major corporations in the Netherlands. Following his death in 1954 in a motorcycle accident, van Os's photographs were shown in the important Subjective Photography exhibitions organized by Otto Steinert at the State School for the Arts and Crafts, Saarbrücken, Germany (1954-55, 1957-58). M.M.
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measurements: Image: 23.7 x 17.7 cm (9 5/16 x 6 15/16 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.)
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	inscription:	Written in black ink on verso: "top"; in pencil: "PVO-011"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2006-06-09T00:00:00
	<i>The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland, OH (June 9-August 20, 2006).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA, September 13 - November 27, 1994: "Recent Acquisitions: Prints, Drawings, Photographs," no exhibition catalogue.', 'opening_date': '1994-09-13T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'MOCA Cleveland (6/9/2006 - 8/20/2006):  "The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art", no. 89, p. 121.', 'opening_date': '2006-06-09T00:00:00'}

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. <em>Catalogue of Photography</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 367
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