Susan Kiefer

Arabesque (Hard-Edge, Geometric Abstract, Monochrome Abstraction)

2020

Artist : Susan Kiefer Title : Thus Spake Zarathustra Materials : oil on canvas Date : March 2020 Dimensions : 20" x 20" x 1.5 Description : Intersection of a circle and square in bl...

Susan Kiefer Apotheosis Oil on Canvas Year: 2022 Size: 48x36x1.35in Signed by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1050 Though born and raised in Kansas City,...

Geometric abstraction painting by Brazilian-born artist Elizabeth Freire. Painting is acrylic on canvas. Signed on reverse and titled "From the Center". B&W photo is of Ms. Freire with renowned sculptor Etienne Martin at the Ecole Nationals des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Elizabeth Freire is a Brazilian-born, contemporary American artist. At the age of eighteen, she left Rio de Janeiro and moved to Paris to study sculpture at l’Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, receiving her Diploma there in 1979 under the direction of Claude Viseux, Etienne Martin, and Cesar. During that time she worked as an apprentice at the Fonderie de France where she learned bronze technique and she also attended etching courses at l’Ecole de Montparnasse. In 1976, she won a commission to make three life-size figures representing the printing company, “Les Imprimeries de Boulogne,” at the International Printing Fair in Paris. She spent 1977 in Aix-en-Provence where she carved the local stone of Rogne. Returning to Paris, the painter Lutka Pink introduced her to Otero, Frans Krajcberg and Hajdu from whom she received valuable lessons. In 1978, she traveled to Brazil where she was invited to participate in the exhibit ‘A Century of Sculpture in Brazil’. She also met with the sculptor Sergio Camargo and the architect Oscar Niemeyer. She then traveled extensively throughout Europe and North Africa. In 1983, the sculptor Cardenaz advised her to go to Carrara in Italy to develop her carving skills. She spent the following two years at the Studio Nicoli where she met the sculptors Knutt Steen, Gigi Guadagnucci...

This painting, 'Fra Coma til Egba', was executed in 1977 by Kai Führer and forms part of his sustained investigation into abstract geometric composition within post-war Danish art. T...