Max Bill was born in 1908 in Winterthur, Switzerland. At 16, he began his training as a silversmith at the School of Applied Arts in Zurich and had two of his student works selected for exhibition at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris. His personality as an artist and independent spirit had him expelled after only three years. He took his winnings from a poster contest with the Suchard chocolate manufacturer and moved to Dessau to join up with the work of the Bauhaus school. He studied for two years under the likes of Albers, Kandinsky, Klee, Moholy-Nagy and Schlemmer and carried the theory of minimalist design and principles of ethical art that he maintained throughout his career.
FINDING HIMSELF
Max returned to Switzerland in 1929 and began a period of prolific work in
