Günther Förg (5 December 1952 – 5 December 2013) was a German painter, graphic designer, sculptor and photographer. His style was influenced by American abstract painting. [1][2] Förg was born in Füssen, Allgäu. His father, Michael, worked in a customs office. [3] .

Günther Förg was a German abstract artist who produced paintings, sculpture, and photographs that explored a lifelong fascination with Modernism. From his early monochromatic pieces to his images of significant architecture, Förg engaged with the …

Günther Förg was born in 1952 in the region of Allgäu, Germany. His career began in the early 1970s as a student at The Academy of Fine Art Munich. During his studies, Förg developed a practice grounded almost exclusively in grey and black monochrome.

Over a career spanning five decades, Günther Förg (1952–2013) developed a distinctive and prolific body of work, including experiments in abstraction and monochrome painting, against the general trend of figurative painting predominant in Germany in the 1980s.

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Günther Förg was a prolific painter, sculptor, graphic designer and photographer whose daring conceptual works incorporate and critique tropes of the sprawling movement known as modernism.

Jun 5, 2020 · By embracing materials for their own sake, the German artist Günther Förg broke thrilling new ground for abstraction. Illustrated with works offered at Christie’s. Günther Förg. Photo: Estate Günther Förg, Suisse. Artwork: © Estate Günther Förg, Suisse / DACS 2020. Günther Förg was born in Füssen in 1952.

Dec 14, 2024 · The work of German artist Günther Förg encompasses a variety of media from sculpture to painting, ceramics to photography. Although Förg has worked in a variety of techniques and materials, painting remains his most important expressive medium.

Aug 21, 2024 · Günther Förg was a renowned German artist whose diverse body of work spans painting, photography, sculpture, and architectural installations. Associated with the post-war …

Günther Förg (* 5. Dezember 1952 in Füssen; † 5. Dezember 2013 in Freiburg im Breisgau) war ein deutscher Maler, Bildhauer und Fotokünstler. Förg studierte von 1973 bis 1979 an der Akademie der Bildenden Künste in München bei Karl Fred Dahmen.