Rupprecht Geiger

(German, 1908–2009)

Rupprecht Geiger was a German Color Field painter whose work employed hard-edge geometric abstractions and a riotous palette of pinks, reds, and yellows. Painted in vibrant fluorescent hues, Gieger's paintings feature repeated forms and compositions across his many canvases, culminating in an ambitious body of work that seemed perhaps more aligned with the color studies of Josef Albers than his peers Willi Baumeister, Fritz Winter, and Bernard Schultze in the German movement ZEN 49, which he co-founded. Throughout the 1950s he was particularly taken with the color red, once remarking that “red is life, energy, potency, authority, love, warmth, power. Red gets you high.” Born on January 26, 1908 in Munich, Germany, Geiger's passion for painting was facilitated by his father, the prominent artist Willi Geiger. He achieved worldwide critical acclaim, marked by such honors as exhibiting at the Museum for Non-Objective Painting, which would later become the Guggenheim Foundation, his participation at documenta 2, 3, 4, and 6, and his professorship at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf from 1965 to 1976. Geiger died on December 6, 2009.

Rupprecht Geiger Artworks

Rupprecht Geiger (1,394 results)
silver circle on yellow, 1970

Rupprecht Geiger

silver circle on yellow, 1970

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leuchtrot warm auf kalt (luminous red warm..., 1967

Rupprecht Geiger

leuchtrot warm auf kalt (luminous red warm..., 1967

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leuchtrot-orange auf leuchtgelb (red orange..., 1967

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leuchtrot-orange auf leuchtgelb (red orange..., 1967

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leuchtrot und gelb (luminous red and yellow), 1965

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leuchtrot und gelb (luminous red and yellow), 1965

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Untitled, 1965

Rupprecht Geiger

Untitled, 1965

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Roter Kreis mit leuchtrotem Kranz auf weiß

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Roter Kreis mit leuchtrotem Kranz auf weiß

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schwarz auf rot, 1968

Rupprecht Geiger

schwarz auf rot, 1968

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2 versch. rot, 1967

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2 versch. rot, 1967

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Metapher Zahl 8, 1986–1988

Rupprecht Geiger

Metapher Zahl 8, 1986–1988

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Zweimal Rot/leuchtrot kalt auf rot-orange..., 1968

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Zweimal Rot/leuchtrot kalt auf rot-orange..., 1968

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Ohne Titel (71/3), 1971

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Ohne Titel (71/3), 1971

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71/2, 1971

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71/2, 1971

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Blau-Schwarz-Violett, 1963–1964

Rupprecht Geiger

Blau-Schwarz-Violett, 1963–1964

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o.T., 1950

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o.T., 1950

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rot-orange, 1959

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rot-orange, 1959

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o.T., 1930

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o.T., 1930

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Modulation, 2001

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Modulation, 2001

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OHNE TITEL (KUNSTHALLE MANNHEIM DRUCKGRAPHIK) 1982

Rupprecht Geiger

OHNE TITEL (KUNSTHALLE MANNHEIM DRUCKGRAPHIK) 1982

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ROTER KREIS 1971

Rupprecht Geiger

ROTER KREIS 1971

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OHNE TITEL (KUNSTHALLE MANNHEIM DRUCKGRAPHIK) 1982

Rupprecht Geiger

OHNE TITEL (KUNSTHALLE MANNHEIM DRUCKGRAPHIK) 1982

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ZWEIMAL ROT/LEUCHTROT KALT AUF ROT-ORANGE 1968

Rupprecht Geiger

ZWEIMAL ROT/LEUCHTROT KALT AUF ROT-ORANGE 1968

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RUNDES SCHWARZ/SCHWARZ AUF LEUCHTROT KALT BIS...

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RUNDES SCHWARZ/SCHWARZ AUF LEUCHTROT KALT BIS...

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ROT-ORANGE AUF LEUCHTROT KALT 1968

Rupprecht Geiger

ROT-ORANGE AUF LEUCHTROT KALT 1968

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ROT-ORANGE AUF LEUCHTROT KALT 1968

Rupprecht Geiger

ROT-ORANGE AUF LEUCHTROT KALT 1968

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