Art (1945-contemporary) > Abstract Art Post-War Fred Thieler - Biography
R.S. - DARK - N.Z.1. 1963/1965.
Mixed media on canvas.
Lower right signed and barely legibly dated. Barely legibly titled on the reverse. 300 x 170 cm (118.1 x 66.9 in).
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• Impressive large-format work from the heyday of Informalism.
• Thieler developed his own pouring technique, based on Jackson Pollock's dripping process.
• The visualization of the self-dynamic progression of the paint as an artistic means between chance and intention.
EXHIBITION: Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, 1963, cat. no. 326.
Fred Thieler. 1961-1963. Bilder und Grafik, Oldenburger Kunstverein, November 10 - December 8, 1963, folding leaflet no. 8.
Auckland City Art Gallery, 1965, cat. no. 49.
LITERATURE: Andrea Firmenich/Jörn Merkert/Sigrid Melchior, Fred Thieler. Monograph and Catalog raisonné. Bilder von 1942-1993, Cologne 1995, p. 335, no. 6/154.
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