Georg Karl Pfahler

(German, 1926–2002)

Georg Karl Pfahler was a leading German painter known for his Hard-Edge abstractions. The artist dedicated his entire career to the investigation of the relationship between color, shape, and space, and was considered at the forefront of the Color Field movement. “In Pfahler's painting the color has both a displacing and a constitutive function, which bewilders and stimulates the observer to critical reflection,” Peter Beye once wrote of his work. Born in 1926, Pfahler studied at the Kunstakademie Stuttgart under Willi Baumeister, graduating in 1954. Initially working as a sculptor, it was Baumeister who encouraged Pfahler to focus on painting. Influenced by the tradition of European Art Informel, he quickly began to adopt an innovative abstract geometric painting style by the early 1960s. Pfahler continued to reduce his style even further to exclusively focus on the dynamic between shapes, and to examine the deeper relationships between space and color. By the mid 1960s, Pfahler had exhibited alongside artists such as Frank Stella, Ellsworth Kelly, and Kenneth Noland in shows such as “Signale” at the Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland. In 1966, Pfahler had his first show in the United States at Fischbach Gallery, curated by Barnett Newman. Pfahler went on to represent Germany alongside Gunther Uecker, Heinz Mack, and Kaspar Thomas Lenk at the Venice Biennale in 1970. In the decades that followed, Pfahler continued to experiment with the constraints and boundaries of painting. He died on January 6, 2002 in Emetzheim, Germany. Today, the artist’s works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Städel Museum in Frankfurt, and the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, among others.

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Orbus, 1970

Georg Karl Pfahler

Orbus, 1970

Sale Date: June 12, 2015

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2 Bll, 1970–1979

Georg Karl Pfahler

2 Bll, 1970–1979

Sale Date: May 2, 2015

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Sammlung von drei farb, 1977

Georg Karl Pfahler

Sammlung von drei farb, 1977

Sale Date: May 2, 2015

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2 Geometric Compositions, 1990–1999

Georg Karl Pfahler

2 Geometric Compositions, 1990–1999

Sale Date: April 24, 2015

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Formativ: Twoter III, 1962

Georg Karl Pfahler

Formativ: Twoter III, 1962

Sale Date: November 27, 2014

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S-MB 68, 1967–1968

Georg Karl Pfahler

S-MB 68, 1967–1968

Sale Date: November 27, 2014

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Mandarino, 1977

Georg Karl Pfahler

Mandarino, 1977

Sale Date: December 10, 2014

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Geometrische Komposition in Blau und Grün

Georg Karl Pfahler

Geometrische Komposition in Blau und Grün

Sale Date: November 29, 2014

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Orbit II, 1969–1970

Georg Karl Pfahler

Orbit II, 1969–1970

Sale Date: December 6, 2014

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Komposition mit Halbkreisen, 1963

Georg Karl Pfahler

Komposition mit Halbkreisen, 1963

Sale Date: December 6, 2014

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S.P.O.R. XII/A, 1962–1963

Georg Karl Pfahler

S.P.O.R. XII/A, 1962–1963

Sale Date: December 4, 2014

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Untitled (3), 1969

Georg Karl Pfahler

Untitled (3), 1969

Sale Date: November 29, 2014

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Blau und Orange auf Rot

Georg Karl Pfahler

Blau und Orange auf Rot

Sale Date: November 8, 2014

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Ohne Titel (4 works)

Georg Karl Pfahler

Ohne Titel (4 works)

Sale Date: October 25, 2014

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Geometrische Kompositionen (2 works)

Georg Karl Pfahler

Geometrische Kompositionen (2 works)

Sale Date: October 18, 2014

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S.P.O.R. - Glob, 1964

Georg Karl Pfahler

S.P.O.R. - Glob, 1964

Sale Date: July 3, 2014

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S - TRW (from West-Ost-Transit), 1969–1970

Georg Karl Pfahler

S - TRW (from West-Ost-Transit), 1969–1970

Sale Date: June 25, 2014

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Ohne Titel, 1962

Georg Karl Pfahler

Ohne Titel, 1962

Sale Date: June 28, 2014

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Zweiraum, 1964

Georg Karl Pfahler

Zweiraum, 1964

Sale Date: June 14, 2014

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5 Bl. Geometrische Kompositionen mit tls....

Georg Karl Pfahler

5 Bl. Geometrische Kompositionen mit tls....

Sale Date: June 28, 2014

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Kalender (5 works), 1973

Georg Karl Pfahler

Kalender (5 works), 1973

Sale Date: May 27, 2014

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Ohne Titel, 1963

Georg Karl Pfahler

Ohne Titel, 1963

Sale Date: May 28, 2014

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Kleiner Achmed III, 1981

Georg Karl Pfahler

Kleiner Achmed III, 1981

Sale Date: May 28, 2014

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S - RRB, 1969–1970

Georg Karl Pfahler

S - RRB, 1969–1970

Sale Date: May 28, 2014

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