Otto FRIED (1922-2020) Counter parts (diptych), 1985 Oil on - Lot 29

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Otto FRIED (1922-2020) Counter parts (diptych), 1985 Oil on - Lot 29
Otto FRIED (1922-2020) Counter parts (diptych), 1985 Oil on canvas, signed lower left and upper right: "O. fried 85" (Small loss lower right.) Height: 161 cm; Width: 130 cm. 161 cm; Width: 130 cm Provenance: - Artist's studio Born in Germany in 1922, Otto Fried came to the United States in 1936. After serving in the China-Burma-India Theater of War during the Second World War, he enrolled at the University of Oregon in Art and Architecture. On graduating, Fried moved to Paris to study painting with Fernand Léger. He returned to the United States in 1951 and decided to pursue his painting career in New York, where he met his wife Micheline. His highly personal figurative style developed and became more lyrical. It continues to reflect his love of Oregon landscapes, nature, birds, leaves and the random discoveries made on his walks in the woods; this fascination will remain a strong and enduring source of inspiration. It was in the early 1970s that Fried's work evolved towards abstraction. His works still depict the sea, air and earth, but now inscribed in circular forms. In the 1980s, the artist turned to sculpture, creating bas-reliefs in a variety of materials, such as kraft paper or folded and cut metal sheets. He later produced sculptures in patinated steel, echoing the geometric themes of his paintings. Alongside his painting and sculptural work, Fried produced commissioned objects and furniture, always drawing his inspiration from the shape of the circle. In the early 1990s, his painting reflected this new direction. Strongly linked to his sculptural work, it became more dynamic in terms of texture and movement. The artist uses larger brushes, giving less importance to isolated circles. In the 2000s, he gave pride of place to reminiscences of the panoramas of the West Coast of the United States. The various elements of these landscapes are superimposed in layers, from which drip-like drips emerge in places. The use of the circle is a constant in Fried's work: in conversation, the artist confessed to associating the circle with the imagination and stories of the Amerindians he heard during his years in Oregon: the tips of tipis, the discs of the moon and the sun, all images of the natural cycles present at every moment in the Indian way of life. Expert: BRAME ET LORENCEAU
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