Thomas Ring (1892-1983): Construction 1921

Artist
Thomas Ring
 
Title
Construction 1921 
 
Medium
Woodcut 
 
Material 
Paper
 
Dimensions
28 x 28 cm
 
Editor
Edition Panderma, Basel
 
Year
1921, published 1966
 
Signature
Signed in pencil 
 
Provenance
Edition Panderma, Carl Laszlo, Basel
Galerie von Bartha, Basel
Private Collection, Basel
 
Condition / Restauration 
mint archival condition 
 
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.