Lot number 208 - Mischtechnik - Herbert OEHM (1935)

Mixed media - Herbert Oehm (1935 Ulm)

'Untitled', signed and dated 1973 on the reverse, oil/sand on panel, image dimensions approx. 13.5 x 15 cm, framed, overall dimensions approx. 20 x 24.5 cm, provenance: private collection, Regensburg, see biography: 1957–59 studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich under Ernst Geitlinger; 1959–60 studied at the Ulm School of Design, including as a master student of Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart. Group exhibitions in Hanover and Baden-Baden. Through Mavignier, Oehm met Mack and Piene, who invited him to the ZERO exhibition 'Dynamo 1' at the Boukes Gallery, Wiesbaden, in July. From 1959 onwards, he participated in a total of 10 ZERO exhibitions. 1960 Azimut Gallery, Milan: group exhibition with Uecker, Moldow, and Massironi. Studio F, Ulm: Exhibition with von Graevenitz, Pohl, Staudt. Museum Leverkusen: Monochrome painting. Helmhaus Zurich: Concrete Art. 1966 Additive color sequences (Swing), 1968 Galeria Cadario Rome; 1968 Moved to Krefeld, 1971 to Düsseldorf; from 1970 conceived the project 'Sand Fountains'. 1977 Max Bill opens the exhibition 'Oehm Material Conception' at Studio F, Ulm; 1978 Moved to the Rhine-Main region, founded Oehm Art Production - 'Gulliver'; 1980 Stay in New York; 1983 Moved to the Canary Islands, revisited earlier themes under the overarching theme 'Entropy and Order'. 1999 ZERO from Germany, Villa Merkel Esslingen
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