Hans Karl Zeisel 'SPT-Bartók-Mikrokosmos III' Print Available

Artist: Hans Karl Zeisel
Title: SPT Bartók Mikrokosmos III
Medium: Fine Art Print
Size: 19.7 x 27.6 cm
Edition: 30
Price: $1,105

 

Hans Karl Zeisel is a German graphic artist, concrete artist and typographer whose disciplined visual language grows out of the Bauhaus tradition. Born in 1942, he trained in visual communication during the 1960s and quickly became fascinated by the creative power of basic geometric forms. His systematic approach treats circles, squares and triangles as alphabets that can be recombined endlessly to generate new patterns, symbols and even implied motion. The result is a body of work that feels both rational and playful, rooted in theory yet open to intuition.

In the studio Zeisel often begins with small wooden blocks that he paints, stamps and prints, using them as modular tools to build larger compositions on paper or canvas. Layer upon layer of flat colour accrue, creating subtle rhythms that echo concrete poetry and minimalist music. A single piece may contain hundreds of these hand pressed impressions, each one slightly different in pressure or hue, so the final surface pulses with human energy within a strict grid.

His art/design book Hundred and More distils this philosophy into a visual atlas of possibilities, showing how a few simple shapes can yield countless designs when guided by curiosity and restraint. Limited edition prints and mixed media works on Saatchi Art further demonstrate his commitment to craft, often incorporating gold leaf or embossed textures that catch light and invite touch. Whether exhibited in Berlin galleries or applied to contemporary carpet design, Zeisel’s output carries the Bauhaus spirit forward, proving that clarity of form and richness of experience can coexist when an artist never stops exploring the fundamentals.