Georg Karl Pfahler (*1926-†2002) began his studies at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Nuremburg before he switched to the Kunstakademie Stuttgart in 1950, where he among others studied with Manfred Henninger and Willi Baumeister. In 1955, he founded together with Günther C. Kirchberger, Friedrich Sieber and Attila Biró the “Gruppe 11”, who mainly worked in the style Informel. From 1958 onwards, he gradually turned away from this tendency and began his extensive and characterizing “Formative” series, of which’s balanced compositions of color blocks and fields explored the relationship between color and form, finally leading in 1962 to sharply delineated areas of color.
As pioneer and main representative of hard-edge painting in Germany, Pfahler gained early recognition and support of numerous influential curators, art critics and artists. In 1970, Pfahler represented the Federal Republic of Germany at the Biennale di Venezia together with Thomas Lenk, Heinz Mack and Günther Uecker.
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