Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart German, 1899-1962
57 x 43 ¼ in
This painting typifies the pared-down, geometric style for which Vordemberge-Gildewart is celebrated. He pursued abstraction throughout his career, numbering his oils 1 – 223; he first called them 'constructions' in reference to architecture (a discipline he also practiced) and later 'compositions', as an evocation of music. Several paintings from this period reside in public collections, testifying to the creative zenith of this time: No. 127 is located in the IVAM Centre Julio Gonzales in Valencia and No. 131 is in the permanent collection of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York.
Exhibitions
Vordemberge-Gildewart
1950
Magazijn De Bijenkorf, Amsterdam
Il Bienal
1953
Museo de Arte Moderna, São Paulo
Pintura Contemporánea de los Paises Bajos
1954
Ministerio de Instrucción Pública y Previsión Social, Nacional de Bellas Artes, Montevideo
Vordemberge-Gildewart
1955
Schloß Charlottenburg, Berlin
Neue Galerie der Stadt Linz, Linz
Städtische Kunsthalle, Recklinghausen
Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart
6 October – 10 November 1965
Galleria del Levante, Rome
Toninelli Arte Moderna, Milan
[Group Exhibition]
1966
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague
Galerie d’Eendt, Amsterdam
Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart – Laszlo Moholy-Nagy
20 January – 6 March 1967
Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart – Camille Graeser – Franz Danksin
18 March – 23 April 1967
Kunstverein Basel, Kunsthalle, Basel
[Group Exhibition]
1970
Städtische Kunsthalle, Mannheim
The Non-Objective World 1914–1924
30 June – 30 September 1970
Annely Juda Fine Art, London
[Group Exhibition]
1971–1972
Galerie Liatowitsch, Basel
Vordemberge-Gildewart: Retrospective 1924–1962
1972
Annely Juda Fine Art, London
The Non-Objective World 1939–1955
6 July – 8 September 1972
Annely Juda Fine Art, London
[Group Exhibition]
1973
University Art Museum, University of Texas, Austin
Vordemberge-Gildewart Remembered
1974
Annely Juda Fine Art, London
Vordemberge-Gildewart
1975
Ulmer Museum, Ulm
Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Münster
Line and Movement
1979
Annely Juda Fine Art, London
Abstraction 1910–1940
1 July – 27 September 1980
Annely Juda Fine Art, London
Illustrated in catalogue p. 88, no. 170
Configuration 1910–1940
1 July – 26 September 1981
Annely Juda Fine Art, London
Illustrated in catalogue no. 66
Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart 1899–1962. Gemälde – Collagen – Werkskizzen – Bauplastik – Typographie
1985
Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein
Illustrated in catalogue
The Thirties – Influences on Abstract Art in Britain
2 July – 19 September 1998
Annely Juda Fine Art, London
Illustrated in catalogue no. 54
Nothing – and Everything: The De Stijl Artist Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart
24 November 2012 – 26 May 2013
Museum Wiesbaden, Germany
9 June – 6 October 2013
Felix-Nussbaum-Haus / Kulturhistorisches Museum, Osnabrück, Germany
Illustrated in catalogue p. 80
Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart: Paintings, Collages and Drawings 1919–1962
27 January – 24 March 2016
Annely Juda Fine Art, London
Illustrated in catalogue no. 17
Art Revolutions: The Breakthrough to Non-Objective Art in Russia...
7 April – 9 July 2017
Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern
Publications
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