Oil on canvas
Germany, 1956
Hans Platschek (1923-2000) - German-Jewish painter
Verso signed ‘Hans Platschek’, dated ‘1956’ and titled ‘Grand Listafu’ as well as with directional arrow
Dimensions: 88 x 113 cm
Original ledger frame: 90 x 116 cm
Very good condition
Provenance: Galerie Van de Loo, Munich (on the stretcher with stamp and label, thereupon inscribed with cat.no. 166); Private collection, Germany
Hans Platschek is considered one of the most important representatives of the German Art Informel, whose gestic-abstract images is purely expressed in the present work

This painting by Hans Platschek shows the typical abstract visual language of the Art Informel, an art movement that was formed around 1945 in Paris with the intention to stand out from the prevailing geometric abstraction. The critic Michel Tapié spoke for the first time of the ‘significance of the formless’ and thus determined the term ‘L’art Informel’. Our painting was on view at Platschek’s first exhibition in the prestigious Galerie Van de Loo in Munich in 1957, which specialized in abstract art.

Condition

The painting is in very good overall condition. The stretcher measures 88 x 113 cm, the original ledger frame is 90 x 116 cm.

Hans Platschek (1923-2000)

Hans Platschek was born in Berlin in 1923. In 1939 the family emigrated to Uruguay. Platschek began to study at the School of Art in Montevideo. In 1948 he held his first solo exhibition, a little later he took part in the 1st Biennial of Sao Paolo. In 1953 he returned to Germany. When traveling through Europe he mad acquaintance with Max Ernst, Hans Arp and Asger Jorn. From 1955-63 he lived in Munich, where he came into contact with the work of the artist group CoBrA and S.P.U.R. that introduced him to the Art Informel. His later works, however, became figurative again. Since 1958 he exhibited at the 29th Venice Biennale, the documenta II. In Kassel, and the 5th Biennial of Sao Paolo. After spending some time in London, Paris and Amsterdam Platschek finally settled down in Hamburg.

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