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 (698 results)
Rail / II, 1964

Georg Karl Pfahler

Rail / II, 1964

Sale Date: December 7, 2011

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Drei - B - Tex, 1966–1967

Georg Karl Pfahler

Drei - B - Tex, 1966–1967

Sale Date: December 7, 2011

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S - RO - 68, 1968

Georg Karl Pfahler

S - RO - 68, 1968

Sale Date: December 7, 2011

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Blau-Grün (+ 2 others; 3 works)

Georg Karl Pfahler

Blau-Grün (+ 2 others; 3 works)

Sale Date: December 10, 2011

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B-SR, 1969

Georg Karl Pfahler

B-SR, 1969

Sale Date: December 10, 2011

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METRO-BB II, 1965

Georg Karl Pfahler

METRO-BB II, 1965

Sale Date: December 1, 2011

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Kl. Esp NAX, 1989

Georg Karl Pfahler

Kl. Esp NAX, 1989

Sale Date: December 3, 2011

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S-HK 1, 1967

Georg Karl Pfahler

S-HK 1, 1967

Sale Date: December 3, 2011

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Untitled (2 works), 1960–1979

Georg Karl Pfahler

Untitled (2 works), 1960–1979

Sale Date: October 9, 2011

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Untitled (from Neun sergraphien 2), 1968

Georg Karl Pfahler

Untitled (from Neun sergraphien 2), 1968

Sale Date: September 15, 2011

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Untitled (from Neun sergraphien 1), 1968

Georg Karl Pfahler

Untitled (from Neun sergraphien 1), 1968

Sale Date: September 15, 2011

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Ohne Titel, 1960

Georg Karl Pfahler

Ohne Titel, 1960

Sale Date: October 1, 2011

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Ohne Titel (kite), 1996

Georg Karl Pfahler

Ohne Titel (kite), 1996

Sale Date: September 24, 2011

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No. VI

Georg Karl Pfahler

No. VI

Sale Date: September 12, 2011

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Ohne Titel, 1987

Georg Karl Pfahler

Ohne Titel, 1987

Sale Date: August 19, 2011

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Informelle Kompsition, 1957

Georg Karl Pfahler

Informelle Kompsition, 1957

Sale Date: June 29, 2011

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Informelle Komposition, 1958

Georg Karl Pfahler

Informelle Komposition, 1958

Sale Date: June 29, 2011

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Informelle Komposition (on joined sheets), 1950–1959

Georg Karl Pfahler

Informelle Komposition (on joined sheets), 1950–1959

Sale Date: June 29, 2011

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Landschaftliche Komposition (recto/verso)

Georg Karl Pfahler

Landschaftliche Komposition (recto/verso)

Sale Date: June 29, 2011

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Ohne Titel (portfolio of 7 + 2 add'l silkscreens)

Georg Karl Pfahler

Ohne Titel (portfolio of 7 + 2 add'l silkscreens)

Sale Date: June 29, 2011

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Doppeltex III, 1965, 1965

Georg Karl Pfahler

Doppeltex III, 1965, 1965

Sale Date: June 18, 2011

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Schwarz-Rot Komposition, 1962

Georg Karl Pfahler

Schwarz-Rot Komposition, 1962

Sale Date: June 18, 2011

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S-GGG 1969/70, 1969–1970

Georg Karl Pfahler

S-GGG 1969/70, 1969–1970

Sale Date: June 10, 2011

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Präkonzeption, 1963

Georg Karl Pfahler

Präkonzeption, 1963

Sale Date: May 28, 2011

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