Paintings
Michael Gloeckner
American, 1915-1989Manhatton East Side
Oil on canvas32 by 24 in. W/frame 37 by 29 in.
Signed lower right
Provenance:
Jacques Seligmann Galeries
Private Collection New York
Le Trianon Fine Art & Antiques
See Artist Bio below.
Michael Gloeckner
American, 1915-1989A painter of colorful abstractions, Michiel Gloeckner was born in
In many of these paintings, the artist would cover the surface of his canvas with patchwork areas of low-keyed colors, infusing the image with rhythm and movement (what one critic called a “nervous energy”) by varying the repeated shapes and contours of his squares.1 Notable for their lively color patterns and their aura of suggestiveness, Gloeckner’s paintings reflect his ability to synthesize his knowledge of mathematics with his own intuitive response to the visible world.
In the wake of World War II, Gloeckner moved to New York City. In the ensuing years, he exhibited his paintings at a number of commercial galleries in
Gloeckner spent his later years in
Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich; Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA; Moderna Museet, Stockholm