a/II/57. 1957.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in pencil in the bottom left corner of the canvas, signed, dated and titled on the reverse of the stretcher bar, also titled on the reverse of the canvas. 41.3 x 24.5 cm (16.2 x 9.6 in).
[KA].

• Spectacular visual impact resulting from the concentrated choice of colors and the expressive application of paint.
• The artist experiments with the spatula technique and the contrasting colors yellow and black to create a powerful composition of light and depth.
• As a member of the abstract painters' group “Zen 49”, Thieler was also associated with Fritz Winter, Willi Baumeister and Rupprecht Geiger.

PROVENANCE: Private collection, Berlin.
Private collection, Rhineland-Palatinate (inherited from the above in 1989).

EXHIBITION: Oelbilder - Tuschzeichnungen. Moderne Galerie Otto Stangl, München, July 18 - August 22, 1958 (with remains of a label on the reverse of the stretcher).

“For me, being a painter means living the life of a man of our times who spends the greater part of his existence trying to express his life's impulses – be they inspiration or depression, intuition or rational deliberation, reactions to individual experiences or chains of experiences – in paint, or to gain insights into these impulses through the act of painting. For me, painting means registering the analogies and differences of experience and bringing forth a product that, released from the painting process, presents itself and offers itself as a reflection of human existential experience, both to the viewer and to the painter. Thus, to me, painting seems to be a process whose essence is exploratory action - exploratory action as the result of open analysis.”
Fred Thieler, Zu meiner Arbeit, in: Andrea Firmenich, Jörn Merkert, Sigrid Melchior, Fred Thieler. Monographie und Werksverzeichnis. Bilder von 1942-1993, Cologne 1995, p. 68.

In good condition. The condition report was compiled in daylight with the help of an ultraviolet light source and to the best of our knwoeledge and belief.