Ev Grüger, Interior with Chair and Geometric Figures, 1958, Oil on Canvas, Framed

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Ev Grüger (1928 Altenburg - 2017 Hofheim), Interior with Chair and Geometric Figures, circa 1958. Oil on canvas, 70 cm … Read more Ev Grüger (1928 Altenburg - 2017 Hofheim), Interior with Chair and Geometric Figures, circa 1958. Oil on canvas, 70 cm x 67 cm, unframed, signed “Grü[ger]” lower right.

- In good condition

- The musicality of forms -

After World War II brought progressive artistic creation to a standstill, the early 1950s were a period of new beginnings. As a master student of Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Ev Grüger revitalized the ideas of Die Brücke and carried them into the post-war period.

Next to a chair stands a column-like pedestal on which a cuboid, a cylinder, and a sphere are placed. Displayed on the column-like pedestal, which itself appears as a form, they emerge as autonomous forms and form an internal still life within the overall ensemble. The geometric shapes merge with the colored areas of the background, which represent the pictorial elements. The geometric shapes are complemented by the backrest of the chair, reminiscent of the sides of a string instrument, which lends the shapes a musicality, while the isolated bright colors initiate a pictorial rhythm. See less