Artist
Viking Eggeling
1880–1925 · Swedish
Viking Eggeling was a pioneering abstract filmmaker whose scroll drawings and films sought a visual language based on the transformation of geometric forms over time. His collaboration with Hans Richter helped establish abstract cinema as an autonomous art form.
Film; drawing
Major Works
- 1924Diagonal Symphony →
- 1921Horizontal-Vertical Orchestra →
- 1919–21Mass and Movement Studies →
- 1919–22Picture Roll Studies →
- 1920sGeneralbass der Malerei →
- 1919–24Abstract Scrolls →
- 1920sMechanical Composition Studies →
- 1920sSymphony of Forms →
- 1910s–20sVisual Music Drawings →
- 1920sFilm Studies →
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
