Thomas Ring (1892-1983) - Construction

Thomas Ring (1892-1983): „Construction“ from La Lune en Rodage III

Medium: Woodcut
Material: Paper
Dimensions: 28 x 27.5 cm fixed on 32 x 32 cm cardboard
Editor: Edition Panderma, Basel
Year: dated 1921
Edition: This is an unnumbered copy of 230 editions
(65 hors commerce were unnumbered)
Signature: Signed

Provenance:
Edition Panderma, Carl Laszlo, Basel
Galerie von Bartha, Basel
Private Collection, Basel

Condition / Restauration:
From the archives, minor bumps and brown unknown spots from production process


Biography:

The German astrologer Thomas Ring (born on 28.11.1892 in Nuremberg, Germany, died on 24.08.1983 in Schaerding, Austria) greatly contributed to the psychological astrology movement. He established "revised" or modern astrology in Germany. Although little of Ring's work has been translated into English, his influence in German-language astrology is significant. Thomas Ring initially became known as a painter. He spent his youth in Berlin where he began an arts degree in 1911, and although he concentrated on astrology from about the 1920s he never lost his keen interest in the arts. Before then he had rejected astrology and concentrated instead on art, philosophy and psychology. His interest in astrology grew during his time as a prisoner of war.