Artist: Youngerman, Jack
Title: At Pace Columbus
Technique: Lithograph on Fine art paper
size: 74 x 58 cm. (29,15 x 22,85 inch)
Framed: Not framed


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About the artist

Jack Albert Youngerman (1926–2020), born in the United States, was an American painter and sculptor best known for his work in Hard-edge painting and Color Field painting. After World War II, he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he was influenced by European modernists including Henri Matisse and Jean Arp.

Youngerman explored bold geometric abstractions characterized by dynamic forms and vibrant colour contrasts. His work retained organic and biomorphic motifs that distinguished him from strictly geometric abstraction. He synthesized the clarity of Hard-edge painting with nature-inspired fluidity, often drawing on observations of plants and natural structures. This approach bridged stark abstraction with organic forms, creating compositions that balanced geometric precision with flowing, natural shapes.

Youngerman was included in the influential 1959 exhibition "Sixteen Americans" at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, alongside Jasper Johns, Frank Stella, and Ellsworth Kelly. He had major solo exhibitions at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, in 1986 and The Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, New York, in 2005. His works on paper were featured at Pace/MacGill Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, in 2000. Youngerman's synthesis of geometric and organic abstraction secured his place within postwar American art.

sku: DC0AW0168

Excellent condition.