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Dieter Krieg (1937 Lindau am Bodensee - 2005 Quadrath-Ichendorf bei Köln). ohne Titel (4/12). 1968 Acrylic on canvas . Signed and dated lower right.190 x 170 cm (74,8 x 66,9 in). Provenienz: Collection Prof. Robert Häusser (acquired directly from the artist). Ausstellung: Dieter Krieg, Galerie Der Spiegel, Cologne (with the label on the stretcher).Dieter Krieg, Gegenverkehr, Zentrum für aktuelle Kunst, Aachen, 25.09.-20.10.1969 (catalogue 6/69), p. 10 (ill.).Dieter Krieg, Galerie Lauter, Mannheim 1970.14 x 14, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, 06.06.-20.07.1969, p. 46 (ill.).Dieter Krieg in der Galerie Regio, Galerie Regio, Lörrach, June-July 1970.Vier deutsche Künstler in Stockholm, Galleriet, Kulturhuset Stockholm, 18.12.1974-02.02.1975, cat.no. 49, p. 23.Der ausgesparte Mensch, Städtische Kunsthalle, Mannheim, 13.12.1975-07.03.1976 (with the label on the stretcher). Dieter Krieg. Bilder 1966-1983, exhibition cat. Von der Heydt-Museum/Kunst- und Museumsverein, Badischer Kunstverein e.V., Wuppertal 1983, p. 12 (ill.).Dieter Krieg studied from 1958 to 1962 at the Karlsruhe Art Academy under HAP Grieshaber and Herbert Kitzel. Krieg was - not least thanks to his teachers - among the most powerful and most individual painters of his generation. Along with Horst Antes and Walter Stöhrer, Krieg is an exponent of the 'New Figuration' that countered the primacy of abstraction with representation of the human figure at that time. By 1966 Krieg had been awarded the Deutsche Preis der Jugend in Baden-Baden, which was followed by other prizes and distinctions. Not long afterwards he was awarded the Organisers' Prize at the Biennale Danuvius 68 in Bratislava as well as the Art Prizes of the cities of Bremen and Darmstadt. In an extremely reductive style of panting, based solely on grey values, which Dieter Krieg realised with strict formal discipline and mainly by applying a new technique of spraying, he created pictures notable for their unusual illusionistic effects. Krieg not only disturbs our sense of reality with extreme painterly calculation but also reveals the true character of the objects: their anonymity and coldness, which are also the characteristics of his painting. 'Dieter Krieg's painterly aeuvre is provocative. At a time when mass media such as film, television, advertising and magazines seek to outdo one another with ever more spectacular images and ever more lurid effects, it must perforce be challenging. It is quiet, full of perceptible subtleties; Krieg's works force the viewer to be alert [and] sensitive and resist too rapid consumption' (Klaus Honnef, quoted in: Exhibition cat. Aachen, p. 4). Dieter Krieg's work was honoured with numerous awards in the following decades such as the Karl Stöhrer Prize in 1985, the Hans Thoma Prize of the State of Baden-Württemberg in 1993 and finally the Hans Molfenter-Preis of the City of Stuttgart. Dieter Krieg died on 26 November 2005. The Cologne Fine Art Prize was awarded to him posthumously in 2006. [ME]Good overall impression. Softly rubbed along the edges, with finger traces respectively. Isolated tiny dirt stains. Lower image edge with minor dent.