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Viking Eggeling | Diagonal-Symphonie | Diagonal-Symphonie
Viking Eggeling
Diagonal-Symphonie, 1923 | Filmstill | © Viking Eggeling
 


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 Viking Eggeling

b 1880 in Lund (SWE), died in 1925 in Berlin; since 1897 works as a book dealer in Germany, later as an independent artist in Paris; during World War I he teaches drawing and sports in Zurich (CH), where he is introduced to the circly of Dadaists and creates first sketches for image rolls and musical painting; 1920 first film experiments and collaboration with Hans Richter; moves to Berlin in 1921; 1925 premiere of the «Diagonal-Symphonie.»