Winfred Gaul

Winfried Gaul (1928–2003) helped shape post-war art in Germany through his conviction that non-objective painting offered a path to renewal. His work shifts between openness and rigour, expression and sign, rootedness and distance; each brushstroke tests the interplay of colour, line and surface. A two-time documenta participant, he navigated the space between the free gesture of Art Informel and the strict order of geometric form. The works on view span more than four decades – from spontaneous wipe paintings and signal-like road signs to variations on colour-field painting – revealing an artist who, until his death, continually reinvented his approach to colour.