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.

Related Categories

Bauhaus, Impressionist and Modern Art

Related Artists

Josef Albers, Willi Baumeister, Bernard Schultze, Fritz Winter, Fritz Winter

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Rupprecht Geiger (1,394 results)
A.S. 710/76 (Blau-Schwarz Konzentrisch), 1976

Rupprecht Geiger

A.S. 710/76 (Blau-Schwarz Konzentrisch), 1976

Sale Date: December 8, 2017

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Design RP III, 1970

Rupprecht Geiger

Design RP III, 1970

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Ohne Titel, 1963

Rupprecht Geiger

Ohne Titel, 1963

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Gerundetes Gelb - Rounded Yellow / gelb auf..., 1970

Rupprecht Geiger

Gerundetes Gelb - Rounded Yellow / gelb auf..., 1970

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2 sheets: Leuchtgelber Kreis auf..., 1967–1969

Rupprecht Geiger

2 sheets: Leuchtgelber Kreis auf..., 1967–1969

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3 sheets: Leuchtrot kalt auf leuchtrot..., 1957–1967

Rupprecht Geiger

3 sheets: Leuchtrot kalt auf leuchtrot..., 1957–1967

Sale Date: December 9, 2017

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799/98 (Frühes Rot b/98), 1998

Rupprecht Geiger

799/98 (Frühes Rot b/98), 1998

Sale Date: December 7, 2017

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Zurückgehn Weitergehn Fortgehn, 1966

Rupprecht Geiger

Zurückgehn Weitergehn Fortgehn, 1966

Sale Date: November 18, 2017

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834/91 (Moduliertes Orange), 1991

Rupprecht Geiger

834/91 (Moduliertes Orange), 1991

Sale Date: December 2, 2017

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Colour in the round, 1969

Rupprecht Geiger

Colour in the round, 1969

Sale Date: December 2, 2017

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o.T. (Kreis in Leuchtrot auf Weiss über Rot), 1988

Rupprecht Geiger

o.T. (Kreis in Leuchtrot auf Weiss über Rot), 1988

Sale Date: October 28, 2017

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o.T. (Sequenz in Leuchtrot kalt), 1988

Rupprecht Geiger

o.T. (Sequenz in Leuchtrot kalt), 1988

Sale Date: October 28, 2017

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Rundes Schwarz/schwarz auf leuchtrot kalt..., 1968

Rupprecht Geiger

Rundes Schwarz/schwarz auf leuchtrot kalt..., 1968

Sale Date: September 29, 2017

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Cirkel tegen oranje vlak; Cirkel tegen wit-geel...

Rupprecht Geiger

Cirkel tegen oranje vlak; Cirkel tegen wit-geel...

Sale Date: August 30, 2017

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Modulation, 1969

Rupprecht Geiger

Modulation, 1969

Sale Date: June 13, 2017

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Rupprecht Geiger 90, 1998

Rupprecht Geiger

Rupprecht Geiger 90, 1998

Sale Date: July 1, 2017

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Rot in Rot/orange - leuchtrot, 1962

Rupprecht Geiger

Rot in Rot/orange - leuchtrot, 1962

Sale Date: July 1, 2017

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792/88, 1988

Rupprecht Geiger

792/88, 1988

Sale Date: July 1, 2017

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Orange auf Gelb, 1968

Rupprecht Geiger

Orange auf Gelb, 1968

Sale Date: June 1, 2017

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schwarz auf rot, 1968

Rupprecht Geiger

schwarz auf rot, 1968

Sale Date: June 1, 2017

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schwarz auf gelb, 1968

Rupprecht Geiger

schwarz auf gelb, 1968

Sale Date: June 1, 2017

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AER, 1962

Rupprecht Geiger

AER, 1962

Sale Date: June 1, 2017

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rot-blau-schwarz, 1958–1959

Rupprecht Geiger

rot-blau-schwarz, 1958–1959

Sale Date: June 1, 2017

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schwarz – rot, 1958

Rupprecht Geiger

schwarz – rot, 1958

Sale Date: June 1, 2017

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