Herbert Zangs

(German, 1924–2003)

Herbert Zangs was a German artist, best known for his handmade monochromatic works which demonstrated his commitment to an improvised, informal artistic process. Born on March 27, 1924 in Krefeld, Germany, he went on to study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Düsseldorf in the fall of 1945, just months after the end of World War II, and befriended fellow student Joseph Beuys. The tenuous climate in Germany in the first post-war months would greatly impact Zangs’ aesthetic: his Verweißungen series—collages and paintings entirely covered in ash white paint—resemble objects found in the rubble after the destruction of war. Notable examples from this series include Rechenstück (1978), a cardboard collage covered in tic-tac-toe shapes, and Knüpfung (1958), a repurposed pillow case knotted around rows of buttons. Zangs developed a reputation as an “enfant terrible” in the German art world much like his friend Beuys, and is considered a part of the Art Informel movement in his rejection of geometric abstraction for a more intuitive approach to art-making. He died on March 26, 2003 in Krefeld, Germany.

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Herbert Zangs (1,702 results)

Brot, 1953

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Ohne Titel, 1958–1960

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Ohne Titel, 1958–1960

Sale Date: November 25, 2004

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Untitled

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Sale Date: February 7, 2005

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Untitled, 1963

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Untitled, 1963

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Ohne Titel, 1958

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Ohne Titel, 1958

Sale Date: December 7, 2004

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Ohne Titel, 1954

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Ohne Titel, 1954

Sale Date: December 7, 2004

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Sans titre, 1954

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Sans titre, 1954

Sale Date: December 12, 2004

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Komposition, 1980

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Komposition, 1980

Sale Date: December 3, 2004

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Ohne Titel

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Ohne Titel, 1980–1989

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Ohne Titel, 1980–1989

Sale Date: December 3, 2004

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Ohne Titel, 1954

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Ohne Titel, 1954

Sale Date: December 3, 2004

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Schwarzes Bild, 1975

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Schwarzes Bild, 1975

Sale Date: December 3, 2004

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Ohne Titel (Reliefbild), 1960

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Ohne Titel (Reliefbild), 1960

Sale Date: December 3, 2004

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Ohne Titel (Faltung)

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Ohne Titel (Faltung)

Sale Date: December 3, 2004

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Scheibenwischer auf Holzobjekt (traces..., 1980

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Scheibenwischer auf Holzobjekt (traces..., 1980

Sale Date: December 1, 2004

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Scheibenwischer (traces d'essui-glace), 1957

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Scheibenwischer (traces d'essui-glace), 1957

Sale Date: December 1, 2004

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Objektcollage, 1953

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Objektcollage, 1953

Sale Date: December 1, 2004

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Himmel und Erde - Ciel et terre (diptych), 1960

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Himmel und Erde - Ciel et terre (diptych), 1960

Sale Date: December 1, 2004

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Knüpfung (nods), 1953

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Knüpfung (nods), 1953

Sale Date: December 1, 2004

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Ohne Titel

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Sale Date: December 2, 2004

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Kicker

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Komposition

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Sale Date: December 2, 2004

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Pappnasen, 1953

Herbert Zangs

Pappnasen, 1953

Sale Date: December 2, 2004

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