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Winfred Gaul (1928–2003), born in Düsseldorf, studied with Willi Baumeister and Manfred Henninger at Stuttgart’s academy from 1950 to 1953. He joined Gruppe 53 in 1955 and participated in documenta in Kassel in 1959 and again in 1977. His career explored several possibilities of non-figurative painting.
Following the gestural compositions of Art Informel, he developed geometric forms and motifs recalling road signs. Other series investigated colour fields and relationships between line, surface and gesture. Gelbes Palimpsest, painted in 1957, belongs to the early phase of this research. The Kemp Collection at Düsseldorf’s Kunstpalast holds a substantial group of paintings and works on paper, enabling the transformations of his visual language to be traced.
This profile brings together identity references for Winfred Gaul and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
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Oil on hardboard
Ohne Titel (Gelbes Palimpsest)
Öl auf Hartfaser
Auction date : 2021-06-18
Published result : 10000 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 7000
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Oil on canvas
Ohne Titel (21-5-58)
Öl auf Leinwand
Auction date : 2019-11-30
Published result : 6820 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 4000
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Acryl (PVA) auf Leinwand
Auction date : 2019-11-30
Published result : 5580 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 4000
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