Artist

Gustave Falk (Primary)

Title

Abstraction

Date

circa 1950

Century

20th century

Medium & Support

Gouache on paper

Dimensions

Sheet: 12 x 8 in. , Image: 12 x 8 in.

Style

Abstraction

Object Type

Paintings

Credit Line

Black Mountain College Collection, gift of the Artist

Accession Number

2010.40.09.23

Copyright

In Copyright
© Estate of Gustave Falk

After serving as a soldier in Japan in World War II, Falk moved to New York City, where he attended classes at the Museum of Modern Art. In 1948 he went to Black Mountain College and studied with Willem de Kooning and Josef Albers. This launched a lasting friendship with de Kooning and gave him entrée to the New York City social circle of artists Franz Kline, Jackson Pollock, Robert Motherwell, and Ad Reinhardt. Abstraction, painted shortly after his time at Black Mountain College, shows de Kooning’s clear influence. Falk worked in a myriad of styles, however, and his work as a medical illustrator betrays a highly individual approach.

Exhibition Title: Asheville Art Museum: An Introduction to the Collection
Label Date: 2021
Type: Catalogue entry
Written by: Cindy Buckner

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