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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Georg Karl Pfahler (710 results)
Ohne Titel, 1962

Georg Karl Pfahler

Ohne Titel, 1962

Sale Date: December 2, 2010

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Georg Karl Pfahler (portfolio of 10), 1993

Georg Karl Pfahler

Georg Karl Pfahler (portfolio of 10), 1993

Sale Date: December 8, 2010

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B-SG 1969, 1969

Georg Karl Pfahler

B-SG 1969, 1969

Sale Date: December 4, 2010

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Präkonzeption, 1963

Georg Karl Pfahler

Präkonzeption, 1963

Sale Date: December 4, 2010

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Metro Politan Nr. 22, 1964

Georg Karl Pfahler

Metro Politan Nr. 22, 1964

Sale Date: November 27, 2010

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Zwei Siebdrucke, 1968–1970

Georg Karl Pfahler

Zwei Siebdrucke, 1968–1970

Sale Date: November 20, 2010

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Gemälde B-SVI, 1968–1969

Georg Karl Pfahler

Gemälde B-SVI, 1968–1969

Sale Date: November 20, 2010

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Metropolitan Nr.10/II, 1963

Georg Karl Pfahler

Metropolitan Nr.10/II, 1963

Sale Date: November 10, 2010

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Präkonzeption. Schwarze Oelkreide mit, 1963

Georg Karl Pfahler

Präkonzeption. Schwarze Oelkreide mit, 1963

Sale Date: November 6, 2010

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KL-D/1, 1968

Georg Karl Pfahler

KL-D/1, 1968

Sale Date: October 23, 2010

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K - 69/II, 1968–1969

Georg Karl Pfahler

K - 69/II, 1968–1969

Sale Date: October 23, 2010

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Ohne Titel (Studienblatt), 1970–1971

Georg Karl Pfahler

Ohne Titel (Studienblatt), 1970–1971

Sale Date: September 18, 2010

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Ohne Titel (Figuratives Gefäß), 1953

Georg Karl Pfahler

Ohne Titel (Figuratives Gefäß), 1953

Sale Date: September 18, 2010

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Ohne Titel - Sitzende Figur (+ Liegende..., 1953

Georg Karl Pfahler

Ohne Titel - Sitzende Figur (+ Liegende..., 1953

Sale Date: September 18, 2010

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G.K.A.Metro BB II, 1965–1968

Georg Karl Pfahler

G.K.A.Metro BB II, 1965–1968

Sale Date: June 10, 2010

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Ohne Titel, 1962

Georg Karl Pfahler

Ohne Titel, 1962

Sale Date: June 12, 2010

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B-SB, 1969

Georg Karl Pfahler

B-SB, 1969

Sale Date: June 12, 2010

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Ohne Titel, 1994

Georg Karl Pfahler

Ohne Titel, 1994

Sale Date: June 4, 2010

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Ohne Titel, 1993

Georg Karl Pfahler

Ohne Titel, 1993

Sale Date: June 4, 2010

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Orbit I, 1969–1970

Georg Karl Pfahler

Orbit I, 1969–1970

Sale Date: June 2, 2010

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Spirit of reality - Lissem, 1962

Georg Karl Pfahler

Spirit of reality - Lissem, 1962

Sale Date: June 5, 2010

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Formativ (103), 1960

Georg Karl Pfahler

Formativ (103), 1960

Sale Date: April 29, 2010

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Zeichnung, 1960

Georg Karl Pfahler

Zeichnung, 1960

Sale Date: April 29, 2010

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Ohne Titel (+ another, verso), 1960

Georg Karl Pfahler

Ohne Titel (+ another, verso), 1960

Sale Date: April 24, 2010

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