Ernst Geitlinger, Couple at the Table, 1965, Mixed Media on Paper

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Ernst geitlinger

1895 frankfurt am main – 1972 seeshaupt

"couple at a table" (catalogue raisonné (nees 1991): p 777), 1965
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1895 frankfurt am main – 1972 seeshaupt

"couple at a table" (catalogue raisonné (nees 1991): p 777), 1965
mixed media (tempera, ink, pencil) with a collaged detail (round flower in the center) on machine-made laid paper, matted and unframed

signed and dated on the reverse

size: 70.5 x 55.3 cm (sheet) / 89.6 x 69.9 cm (mat)

illustrations:

a small black and white illustration of the work can be seen in the catalogue raisonné by roswitha nees:

ernst geitlinger society, munich (ed.) (1991): ernst geitlinger. Catalogue raisonné 1924–1972, saarbrücken: st. Johann, p. 338. (see the last photograph.)

also illustrated in:

nees, roswitha (2006): ernst geitlinger 1895–1972. Life and work, saarbrücken: st. Johann, fig. 117.

literature:

the work is also explicitly mentioned and discussed in:

nees, roswitha (2006): ernst geitlinger 1895–1972. Life and work, saarbrücken: st. Johann, pp. 151–152.

it states: “in the work ‘couple at the table’ (1965), the composition is symmetrically structured and the motif reduced to stylized cubic forms. Between the figures is the table, on which stands a flatly rendered black vase containing a flower. The center of the image is emphasized by a circular flower, its right half painted violet. Some of the cubes' faces are highlighted by hatching and color, creating a spatial effect in conjunction with the white, unmarked areas. The interior space is marked by two thin black vanishing lines.” (p. 151)

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ernst geitlinger is considered an important pioneer of concrete art and a trailblazer for abstract art in germany after 1945.

education in new york (theatrical painting, academy of design)
1922-31 studied at the academy of fine arts munich
1946 co-founder of the artists' association "neue gruppe" in munich
1948 participated in the venice biennale
1951-65 professor at the academy of fine arts munich
from 1965 founded the private painting school "atelier geitlinger" in munich
1983 former students of geitlinger founded the "ernst geitlinger society"

solo exhibitions:

1931 galerie weber, berlin
1947 galerie rosen, berlin
1949 betty parsons gallery, new york
1950 whyte gallery, washington (d.c.)
1957 galleria numero, florence
1957 galerie d'arte, milan
1974, 1995 lenbachhaus, munich
1989 wilhelm-hack-museum, ludwigshafen
1994, 1999 edwin-scharff-museum, neu-ulm
2005 thuringian state museum heidecksburg, rudolstadt

collections:

edwin-scharff-museum, neu-ulm (estate)
lenbachhaus munich
bavarian state painting collections, munich
saarland museum, saarbrücken
museum ludwig, cologne
städel museum, frankfurt am main
sprengel museum, hanover
museum of concrete art, ingolstadt
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