Skip to main content

Friedel Dzubas Art

German, 1915-1994
Friedel Dzubas was born April 20, 1915 in Berlin and studied at the Prussian Academy of Fine Art and under Paul Klee while in Düsseldorf from 1936 to 1939. In 1939, Dzubas fled Germany for London and the United States where he later became a citizen. In 1948, he he answered art critic Clement Greenberg's anonymous advertisement for a summer roommate. It was the height of the Abstract Expressionist Movement in New York, and through Greenberg Dzubas met Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, Adolph Gottlieb and Barnett Newman. Later, in the early 1950s, Dzubas shared a studio with Helen Frankenthaler, associating with some of the younger generation of abstract painters in New York including Jules Olitski and Kenneth Noland. In the early 1950s, he began exhibiting his work in New York. In the 1960s, he started experimenting with color field painting. Dzubas' mature paintings since the 1960s assimilate his early interest in German Romanticism and Expressionism into post-war American abstraction. "He abandoned oil paint for Magna acrylic in 1965 when he found he could achieve with a brevity of gesture the brilliance and luminosity of oil paint applied in thin veils of color. He could thus effect the richness and variation of traditional glazed tones using a more expressive, immediate process. By the early 1980s, Dzubas abandoned his preliminary preparations of sketching and priming, thereby inviting spontaneity and accident into his painting process. Although he typically coated his canvas with a gesso primer before painting, he began to apply it so thinly that the pigment was almost immediately absorbed into the ground, making it impossible for him to revise and rework his compositions. Dzubas' change in technique reveals a thoroughly modernist sensibility: "I like that risk," he explained. "I think, to a certain degree, I have to make it mechanically difficult and unreliable for myself. If I can predict the effect too much, then I probably am not supposed to be doing it. I function better if my footing is not too sure, so to speak." The rich, velvety hues of Grade's reds, greens, and blues appear radiant in places. Dzubas heightened his color drama -- a drama characterized as quintessentially Baroque by some critics-- by varying the density of his paint. His rectangular forms appear to ebb and flow in an orchestrated movement across the surface of the picture plane." (Megan Bahr) A retrospective of Dzubas' work was shown at the Museum of Fine Art, Houston in 1974 and at the Museum of Fine Art, Boston the following year. In 1983, Dzubas was honored with an exhibition at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. (ASKART)
to
2
4
1
Overall Width
to
Overall Height
to
7
1
5
4
1
3
3
1
1
1
1
1
3
3
2
2
2
7
9,388
2,689
1,373
1,354
3
1
4
Artist: Friedel Dzubas
Friedel Dzubas-Multi (Community Holiday Festival)-ORIGINAL
By Friedel Dzubas
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This unsigned and unnumbered poster is an overrun from the limited edition of 144 signed and numbered pieces created by Friedel Dzubas for the Community Holiday Festival in 1973. In ...
Category

20th Century Contemporary Friedel Dzubas Art

Materials

Screen

"Untitled" Friedel Dzubas, Shades of Red and Blue, Lyrical Expressionist Work
By Friedel Dzubas
Located in New York, NY
Friedel Dzubas Untitled, 1985 Acrylic on paper 24 1/2 x 30 inches A noted figure in the New York School, Friedel Dzubas was associated with the Color Field painting movement in the...
Category

1980s Color-Field Friedel Dzubas Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Night Star
By Friedel Dzubas
Located in New York, NY
Signed, numbered, and titled in pencil Screenprint 32.37 x 19.12 inches Edition of 25 of 90
Category

1980s Friedel Dzubas Art

Materials

Screen

Untitled (Islands)
By Friedel Dzubas
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Friedel Dzubas (1915-1994) was a Berlin-born American abstract painter. He was associated with both the New York School and the Color Field movement. Dzubas studied art in Germany ...
Category

1980s Abstract Geometric Friedel Dzubas Art

Materials

Handmade Paper, Monoprint, Monotype

Untitled (Cosmic Egg)
By Friedel Dzubas
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Friedel Dzubas (1915-1994) was a Berlin-born American abstract painter. He was emphatically associated with both the New York School and the Color Field movement. Dzubas studied ar...
Category

1980s Abstract Geometric Friedel Dzubas Art

Materials

Handmade Paper, Monoprint, Monotype

Untitled (GT/FD 1982 W4) aka "Tondo"
By Friedel Dzubas
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Friedel Dzubas (1915-1994) was a Berlin-born, American abstract painter and a key artist associated with both the New York School and the Color Field movement. Dzubas studied art in Germany before fleeing the Nazi regime in 1939, settling in New York City. During the 1940s, Dzubas circulated with some of the leading abstract painters in the city's vital art scene. One of Dzubas' first major exhibitions took place at the 9th Street Art...
Category

1980s Abstract Friedel Dzubas Art

Materials

Monotype

Untitled Sketch II
By Friedel Dzubas
Located in Three Oaks, MI
Friedel Dzubas, a prominent figure in the New York School, made a significant mark within the Color Field painting movement during the mid-twentieth century, persisting in his artist...
Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Friedel Dzubas Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Related Items
Mid-Century Modern Abstract Monotype Print
By Toma Yovanovich
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original mid century modern abstract expressionist monotype print by American artist Toma Yovanovich. Toma Yovanovich (1931-2016) Yovanovich was a painter/printmaker whos...
Category

1960s Abstract Geometric Friedel Dzubas Art

Materials

Monoprint, Monotype

Worm City (10/10)
Located in Nashville, TN
“I am interested in art that suggests a narrative,” says artist Chadwick Tolley. While he uses his personal experience as a point of reference for his prints, drawings, and collages,...
Category

2010s Contemporary Friedel Dzubas Art

Materials

Screen

Untitled Gestural Composition
Located in Kansas City, MO
Fred Alfred Theophil Fathwinter Untitled Gestural Composition Monotype Year: 1971 Signed, numbered and dated by hand Edition: 3 Size:11.75x8in.1 on 17x12in COA provided Ref.: 924802-1196 Fathwinter, artist name for Franz Alfred Theophil Winter (May 23, 1906 in Mainz, † June 27, 1974 in Düsseldorf), was an artist of the Informel. From 1924 to 1927 he studied at the State School for Arts and Crafts in Mainz and in 1929/30 in evening classes at the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main. During the National Socialist period he was banned from exhibiting. His evacuation to Murnau in 1942 led to a closer acquaintance with Gabriele Münter...
Category

1970s Abstract Friedel Dzubas Art

Materials

Monotype

“Three Movements" Limited Edition Hand-Signed Serigraph by Yaacov Agam, Framed
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Encino, CA
"Three Movements," an original silkscreen by Yaacov Agam, is a piece for the true collector. Agam is considered the father of Kinetic art. His iconic style is recognizable across the...
Category

1970s Kinetic Friedel Dzubas Art

Materials

Screen

Larry Poons, Midget Racer, unique Color Field Abstract Geometric drawing, signed
By Larry Poons
Located in New York, NY
Larry Poons Midget Racer, 1963 Colored Pencil on Graph Paper Signed, titled, and dated by the artist on the lower right front Original frame with gallery label included Provenance: H...
Category

1960s Color-Field Friedel Dzubas Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Color Pencil

JHM - II /// Bauhaus Abstract Geometric Josef Albers Screenprint Minimalism
By Josef Albers
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Josef Albers (German-American, 1888-1976) Title: "JHM - II" Portfolio: Josef Albers Honors the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden *Monogram signed and dated by Albers in p...
Category

1970s Abstract Geometric Friedel Dzubas Art

Materials

Screen

series "Personal Contacts", 61 x 48 cm, acrylic on paper
By Tatiana Nega
Located in Yerevan, AM
series "Personal Contacts", 61 x 48 cm The work is sold without a frame and mat
Category

2010s Abstract Friedel Dzubas Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Itzchak Tarkay [Café Friends] 2001 Signed Serigraph, Hors Commerce Proof
By Itzchak Tarkay
Located in Miami, FL
ITZCHAK TARKAY – [CAFÉ FRIENDS] ⚜ Serigraph in Color on Wove Paper ⚜ Hand Signed and Annotated HC 27/80 ⚜ Gilt Wood Frame CAFÉ SCENE WITH ELEGANT DETAIL Executed circa 2001, [Café F...
Category

Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Friedel Dzubas Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Screen

Acrobat, by Jill Moser (marine blue abstract screen print)
By Jill Moser
Located in New York, NY
One screen print in colors on wove paper, 2009, signed in pencil, dated and numbered, Edition of 117 (total edition includes 18 artist's proofs), image: 769 by 769 mm 30 1/4 by 30 1/...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Friedel Dzubas Art

Materials

Screen

Untitled abstract #30 , by Santa Fe artist Robert Roach
By Robert Roach
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Unique monotype, signed and numbered 1/1. Artist Robert Roach lived in Santa Fe, New Mexico. His one-of-a-kind, abstract monoprints were inspired by the landscape, climate and ligh...
Category

2010s Abstract Friedel Dzubas Art

Materials

Monotype

Untitled Whitney Museum Scarf Color Field Geometric Abstraction Limited Edition
By Kenneth Noland
Located in New York, NY
Kenneth Noland Untitled Whitney Museum Limited Edition Silk Scarf, 1999 Artist designed scarf in colors on 100% Silk in original Whitney Museum packaging with artist's printed name a...
Category

1990s Abstract Geometric Friedel Dzubas Art

Materials

Silk, Screen

Richard Anusziewicz Annual Edition. Limited Ed. Op Art silkscreen on masonite
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in New York, NY
Richard Anuszkiewicz Annual Edition, 1987-1988 Limited edition silkscreen on masonite Signed and dated by the artist lower right in pencil Frame Included (floated within a box frame)...
Category

1980s Abstract Geometric Friedel Dzubas Art

Materials

Masonite, Screen

Previously Available Items
"Untitled" Friedel Dzubas, Gray and Red, Saturated Color, Abstract Composition
By Friedel Dzubas
Located in New York, NY
Friedel Dzubas Untitled, 1981 Monotype print on handmade paper 25 x 30 inches Born in 1915 in Berlin, Dzubas attended Königstadtische Obrealschule, where an instructor allowed him ...
Category

1980s Color-Field Friedel Dzubas Art

Materials

Handmade Paper, Monotype

"Night Star" Friedel Dzubas, Vibrant Gestural Composition, White Background
By Friedel Dzubas
Located in New York, NY
Friedel Dzubas Night Star, 1984 Signed, dated and numbered Screenprint in colors on wove paper 29 x 22 1/2 inches Edition 21/90 A noted figure in the New York School, Friedel Dzuba...
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Friedel Dzubas Art

Materials

Paper, Screen

"Untitled" Friedel Dzubas, Abstract Expressionist, Intense Color Expanses
By Friedel Dzubas
Located in New York, NY
Friedel Dzubas Untitled, 1981 Hand-painted monotype on pulp 30 x 24 3/4 inches A noted figure in the New York School, Friedel Dzubas was associated with the Color Field painting mo...
Category

1980s Color-Field Friedel Dzubas Art

Materials

Paper, Monotype

"Untitled" Friedel Dzubas, Color Field, Abstract Pastel Composition
By Friedel Dzubas
Located in New York, NY
Friedel Dzubas Untitled, 1981 Monotype on handmade paper 34 x 34 1/2 inches Provenance The artist Estate of the artist A noted figure in the New York School, Friedel Dzubas was ass...
Category

1980s Color-Field Friedel Dzubas Art

Materials

Handmade Paper, Monotype

Untitled
By Friedel Dzubas
Located in New York, NY
Friedel Dzubas (1915-1994) Untitled, 1976 Lithograph in colors on wove paper 32-1/2 x 72 inches (82.6 x 182.9 cm) (sheet) Ed. of 144 Signed, editioned, and dated in pencil, lower right
Category

1970s Color-Field Friedel Dzubas Art

Materials

Lithograph

Merging Darkness
By Friedel Dzubas
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Friedel Dzubas (1915-1994) was a Berlin-born, American abstract painter and a key artist associated with both the New York School and the Color Field movement. Dzubas studied art i...
Category

1970s Color-Field Friedel Dzubas Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Fugue
By Friedel Dzubas
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Friedel Dzubas (1915-1994) was a Berlin-born, American abstract painter and a key artist associated with both the New York School and the Color Field movement. Dzubas studied art i...
Category

1980s Abstract Friedel Dzubas Art

Materials

Screen

Fugue
Fugue
H 29 in W 22.5 in
Night Star, Abstract Lithograph by Friedel Dzubas
By Friedel Dzubas
Located in Long Island City, NY
A simple and bold abstract lithograph by Friedel Dzubas. This blue, red, and pink composition is signed, numbered, and titled in pencil by the artist. Night Star Friedel Dzubas, Ger...
Category

1980s Friedel Dzubas Art

Materials

Lithograph

Upstream
By Friedel Dzubas
Located in New York, NY
Friedel Dzubas Upstream, 1973 acrylic on canvas 40h x 40w in
Category

1970s Post-War Friedel Dzubas Art

Materials

Acrylic

Untitled
By Friedel Dzubas
Located in New York, NY
Friedel Dzubas untitled, 1974 acrylic on canvas 4h x 18w in
Category

1970s Post-War Friedel Dzubas Art

Materials

Acrylic

Otero
By Friedel Dzubas
Located in New York, NY
Friedel Dzubas Otero, 1978 Acrylic On Canvas 10h x 9.50w in
Category

1970s Post-War Friedel Dzubas Art

Materials

Acrylic

Credo
By Friedel Dzubas
Located in New York, NY
Friedel Dzubas Credo, 1975 Acrylic On Canvas 10h x 9w in
Category

1970s Post-War Friedel Dzubas Art

Materials

Acrylic

Friedel Dzubas art for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Friedel Dzubas art available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Friedel Dzubas in paint, acrylic paint, canvas and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 20th century and is mostly associated with the abstract style. Not every interior allows for large Friedel Dzubas art, so small editions measuring 6 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Michael David, Kikuo Saito, and Martin Canin. Friedel Dzubas art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1,200 and tops out at $220,000, while the average work can sell for $12,000.

Artists Similar to Friedel Dzubas

Recently Viewed

View All