Fritz Vahle, Umstellter Bezirk, Large Iron Relief, 1967

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Fritz Vahle
Bochum 1913 - 1991 Darmstadt
Umstellter Bezirk, 1967 (Converted district)
Iron (relief) on wooden panel
Signed lower right
… Read more Fritz Vahle
Bochum 1913 - 1991 Darmstadt
Umstellter Bezirk, 1967 (Converted district)
Iron (relief) on wooden panel
Signed lower right
Signed again, dated and titled "1967" on the reverse
115 x 100 cm
Provenance:
Exhibition: Fritz Vahle, metalwork, assemblages, collages, Kunsthalle Darmstadt, 1972




Fritz Vahle was a student of Alexander Kanoldt. He worked as a freelance painter in Stendal from 1945 to 1956. He created a series of views of old Stendal, mainly commissioned by the town council.

He taught from 1957 in Dortmund and from 1959 in Pforzheim at the art academies there as a lecturer and professor. In addition to his graphic and glass art works, he also made a name for himself as a designer of tapestries.

In 1954, the rug he exhibited at the 10th Triennale in Milan was awarded the Diplome d'honneu.

Moved to Darmstadt in 1956. Member of the Deutscher Werkbund since 1970. Since 1978 freelance work in Darmstadt and Westermarkeldorf on the island of Fehmarn. 1978 Johann Merck award from the city of Darmstadt.


Exhibitions (selection):
Cercle Volney, Paris; Exhibition of the German Art Council in Reykjavik, New Dehli; Exhibitions at the New Munich Collection in Houston, Texas; Cairo, Alexandria; Exhibitions at the Museum for Art and Industry, Hamburg; Bern, Winterthur; 10th and 11th Triennial, Milan; 2nd Biennale de la tapisserie, Lausanne; Facchetti Gallery, Paris 65; Collage 67, Munich; Karl-Ernst-Osthaus Museum, Hagen, 71Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund, art rabbit Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt am Main, Kunsthalle Darmstadt This piece has an attribution mark,
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