Oskar Schlemmer is undoubtedly one of the most important pioneers of German modernism. Significantly, he cannot be assigned to any of the predominant styles of the time and is still considered one of the most important exceptional artists today. In his lifelong search for synthesis, harmony and universality, Schlemmer embodied like no other the new concept of the artist as a universal designer. As a painter, sculptor, muralist, ballet creator, and stage designer, he placed the individual work in a comprehensive context. Starting from the artistic figures formed from geometric forms, which are freed from everything individual and moving, Schlemmer develops the "outline figures" characteristic of his art. Schlemmer traces the image of man back to an essential archetype, its columnar unity and its connection with the surface and space. This is how his symbolic images of modern man emerge under the influence of Bauhaus ideas. This superficially functional image of man, however, is at the same time a reflection of the prevailing body cult of the 1920s. Despite all the technical charm, Schlemmer's view of man does not remain one-dimensional, but is also characterized by a return to the natural beauty of the human body.