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Paul Rotterdam Viennese Brutalist Abstract Painting, 1964
$16,500
£12,470.73
€14,293.62
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About the Item
Large Brutalist Period mixed media abstract painting on masonite by Paul Rotterdam. Fully signed, dated and titled on the reverse. Made in Vienna, Austria and dated 1964. Rotterdam's vision is about texture, feel, mood layered and compartmentalized space and the work's effect on the overall surroundings. There is a clear homage to his compatriot, Gustav Klimt, and his highly spectacular and detailed backgrounds. Good overall condition with minor cosmetic wear and minor losses around the edges. Structurally sound and sturdy. Unframed.
The work measures approximately 1.63" deep x 39.25" wide x 55" high.
Ask Art Bio:
Paul Rotterdam was born February 12, 1939 in Wiener Neustadt, Austria, where he spent his childhood in the city heavily bombarded during World War II. He moved with his parents to Leoben where he attended Elementary and High School. In 1960 he moved to Vienna, attended shortly the Akademie der angewandten Kunst and enrolled at the University of Vienna to study philosophy. In 1961 he had his first exhibition of paintings at the Galleria Numero in Florence. He had an exhibition for the first time in Vienna in 1962. Three years later he was selected to represent Austria at the Fourth Biennial of Young Artists in Paris and at the Eighth Biennial of International Art in Tokyo. He also had exhibitions in Vienna, Graz, Milan, Rome and Venice. In 1966 he received a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Vienna. In 1967 he married Heidrun Vogelberg and their daughter Charlotte was born in 1968. In 1979, his marriage with Vogelberg ended.
At the age of 28 Paul Rotterdam was appointed Lecturer on Visual Studies at the Visual Arts Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. He delivered lectures on theoretical issues of 20th-century art and conducted studio courses on drawing. His first museum retrospective took place in 1970 at the De Cordova Museum in Lincoln, MA. The exhibition continued to Kunsthalle Freiburg, Germany, the Museum Joanneum in Graz, and the Stadtmuseum Leoben, Austria.
In 1973 he moved his studio to a loft on West-Broadway in the Tribeca section of New York City. He continued teaching in the spring semesters at Harvard University. In 1975 he was included in the "Whitney Biennial of American Art" (New York City), "Artist-Immigrants of America, 1876-1976" (Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C), "Drawing Today in New York", (Tulane University, New Orleans, 1976), "Eight Abstract Painters", (Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia,1976) and other exhibitions of American Art.
In 1996 Rotterdam married the painter Rebecca LittleJohn. In 2007 there were retrospective exhibitions at the Leopold Museum, Vienna and the N.Oe. Landesmuseum, St.Poelten Austria. Paul Rotterdam has been the recipient of the medal of honor for science and art from the Republic of Austria.
Rotterdam's paintings are generally abstract and mostly monochrome or reduced in color. Three-dimensionality is an important feature in his work with forms often protruding from the pictorial plane into actual space. The art critic Dore Ashton has written about his style: "His vision of the mission of the painter is similar to the statement of Rainer Maria Rilke in a letter to his wife, not a reality that remain in dreams, intentions or moods, but their implementation in real things. Rotterdam is a modern painter (though he doubts its modernity) with images that represent closed, physical entities in themselves. He is forced to put his strong feelings in things." From about 1980 his minimalist style has become noticeably wider with the inclusion of more and more natural forms.
- Similar to:(after) Gustav Klimt (Artist)
- Dimensions:Height: 55 in (139.7 cm)Width: 39.25 in (99.7 cm)Depth: 1.63 in (4.15 cm)
- Style:Brutalist (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:Circa 1964
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. Good overall condition with minor cosmetic wear and minor losses around the edges. Structurally sound and sturdy.
- Seller Location:New Windsor, NY
- Reference Number:Seller: AR12.24.25.11stDibs: LU1236248100952
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