Ernst Geitlinger, Red-Green, Nov. 1970, Pencil and Acrylic

Ernst Geitlinger
1895 Frankfurt a. M. – 1972 Seeshaupt

'Green-Red', November 1970
Acrylic over light pencil sketches on watercolor paper, mounted under a passe-partout at the top edge with two strips of adhesive tape ---unframed---
Signed and dated on the reverse
Size: 73 x 49.7 cm (sheet) / 100 x 70.1 cm (passe-partout)

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Ernst Geitlinger is considered an important pioneer of Concrete Art and a trailblazer for abstract art in Germany after 1945.

Education in New York (Theatre Painting, Academy of Design)
1922-31 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich
1946 Co-founder of the artists' association "Neue Gruppe" in Munich
1948 Participation in the Venice Biennale
1951-65 Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich
from 1965 Founded the private painting school "Atelier Geitlinger" in Munich
In 1983, former students of Geitlinger founded the "Ernst Geitlinger Society."

Solo Exhibitions:

1931 Galerie Weber, Berlin
1947 Galerie Rosen, Berlin
1949 Betty Parsons Gallery, New York
1950 Whyte Gallery, Washington, D.C.

1957 Galleria Numero, Florence
1957 Galerie d'Arte, Milan
1974, 1995 Lenbachhaus, Munich
1989 Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen
1994, 1999 Edwin-Scharff-Museum, Neu-Ulm
2005 Thuringian State Museum Heidecksburg, Rudolstadt

Collections:

Edwin-Scharff-Museum, Neu-Ulm (Estate)
Lenbachhaus, Munich
Bavarian State Painting Collections, Munich
Saarland Museum, Saarbrücken
Museum Ludwig, Cologne
Städel Museum, Frankfurt a.M.
Sprengel Museum, Hanover
Museum of Concrete Art, Ingolstadt
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, USA