Richard Diebenkorn 1922 - 1993

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Richard Diebenkorn - Untitled (for Harvey Gantt)
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Prints & MultiplesSummer Splash
August 2024
Bonhams, New York (Online Auction)
Est.: 2.000 - 3.000 USD
Realised: not available
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Richard Diebenkorn - #5 (Phyllis Wears a Hat), from 41 Etchings Drypoints
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Prints & MultiplesSummer Splash
August 2024
Bonhams, New York (Online Auction)
Est.: 1.200 - 1.800 USD
Realised: not available
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Richard Diebenkorn - #23 (Portrait of Phyllis), from 41 Etchings Drypoints
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Prints & MultiplesSummer Splash
August 2024
Bonhams, New York (Online Auction)
Est.: 2.000 - 3.000 USD
Realised: not available
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Richard Diebenkorn - #40 (Phyllis), from 41 Etchings Drypoints
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Prints & MultiplesSummer Splash
August 2024
Bonhams, New York (Online Auction)
Est.: 2.000 - 3.000 USD
Realised: not available
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Richard Diebenkorn - Eiffel Spade, from Five Spades
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Prints & MultiplesSummer Splash
August 2024
Bonhams, New York (Online Auction)
Est.: 4.000 - 6.000 USD
Realised: not available
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Richard Diebenkorn - Spade Drypoint, from Five Spades
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Prints & MultiplesSummer Splash
August 2024
Bonhams, New York (Online Auction)
Est.: 4.000 - 6.000 USD
Realised: not available
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Richard Diebenkorn - Green Tree Spade, from Five Spades
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Prints & MultiplesSummer Splash
August 2024
Bonhams, New York (Online Auction)
Est.: 6.000 - 8.000 USD
Realised: not available
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Richard Diebenkorn - Black and Grey
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Prints & Multiples
June 2024
Bonhams, Los Angeles (Online Auction)
Est.: 5.000 - 7.000 USD
Realised: 7.040 USD
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Richard Diebenkorn - #22 (Phyllis), from 41 Etchings Drypoints
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Prints & Multiples
June 2024
Bonhams, Los Angeles (Online Auction)
Est.: 2.000 - 3.000 USD
Realised: not available
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Richard Diebenkorn - #9; #34, from 41 Etchings Drypoints 2
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Prints & Multiples
June 2024
Bonhams, Los Angeles (Online Auction)
Est.: 2.400 - 3.400 USD
Realised: 1.280 USD
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Richard Diebenkorn - #3 (Seated Woman), from 41 Etchings Drypoints
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Prints & Multiples
June 2024
Bonhams, Los Angeles (Online Auction)
Est.: 1.500 - 2.400 USD
Realised: 1.280 USD
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Richard Diebenkorn - Ocean Park #12
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20th Century Evening Sale
May 2024
Christies, New York
Est.: 7.000.000 - 10.000.000 USD
Realised: not available
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The artist Richard Diebenkorn

  • 20th century American painter known for his abstract-figurative mix of styles.
  • His Santa Monica Ocean Park series is considered his best-known work.
  • He served as a juror for the Guggenheim Foundation from 1979 to 1988.

Influential painter Richard Diebenkorn is known today as much for his signature abstract expressionist works as for his figurative works. Born in 1922 in Portland, Oregon, and raised in San Francisco, Diebenkorn discovered his artistic talent at an early age. He studied at Stanford University in the 1940s and became interested in the ultra-realism of Edward Hopper (1882-1967). Diebenkorn's artistic career can be divided into several phases. In the 1950s, he became known as an abstract expressionist painter, strongly influenced by artists such as Mark Rothko and Willem de Kooning. His work from this period is characterized by bold colors, gestural brushwork, and a sense of spontaneity.

Diebenkorn lived in Berkeley from 1955 to 1966, which is why two of his four creative periods relate to the city: the Berkeley Abstraction and Berkeley Figurative years. In the mid-1950s, Diebenkorn returned to figurative painting, mixing landscapes with his earlier, more abstract form, as he would do again later. Beginning in 1966, Diebenkorn turned to what is now known as the Ocean Park series of paintings, which, despite their quasi-geometric abstraction, evoke the landscape and hazy light of Southern California. 

The Ocean Park paintings are often views of his studio in the Ocean Park section of Santa Monica, where he lived until 1988. The series is now among Diebenkorn's most important works, demonstrating his trained eye for color, space, and composition. In the 1980s, while still in Santa Monica, Diebenkorn returned to figurative painting, incorporating abstract elements. In his later work, he combined these representational aspects with the expressive qualities of his long abstract phase to create a unique blend of styles.

Throughout his career, the art world honored Diebenkorn with numerous awards and exhibitions. He represented the United States at the 38th Venice Biennale in 1978 and served as a juror for the Guggenheim Foundation from 1979 to 1983. His work is in the collections of major museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Richard Diebenkorn died in Berkeley on March 30, 1993, just three weeks shy of his 71st birthday. His ability to combine abstract and figurative elements continues to inspire and fascinate the art world today.

Der Künstler Richard Diebenkorn

  • US-amerikanischer Maler des 20. Jahrhunderts mit markantem, abstrakt-figurativem Stilmix.
  • Seine Ocean-Park-Serie aus Santa Monica gilt als prominentestes Werk.
  • War zwischen 1979 und 1988 für die Guggenheim Foundation als Juror tätig.

Der einflussreiche Maler Richard Diebenkorn ist heute genauso für seine charakteristischen abstrakt-expressionistischen wie für seine figurativen Werke bekannt. 1922 in Portland, Oregon, geboren und in San Francisco aufgewachsen, entdeckte er schon früh sein künstlerisches Talent. Er studierte in den 1940er Jahren an der University of Stanford und interessierte sich für den Ultrarealismus Edward Hoppers (1882 – 1967). Die künstlerische Laufbahn Diebenkorns lässt sich in verschiedene Phasen unterteilen.

In den 1950er Jahren wurde er als Maler des abstrakten Expressionismus bekannt, der stark von Künstlern wie Mark Rothko und Willem de Kooning beeinflusst war. Seine Werke aus dieser Zeit zeichnen sich durch kräftige Farben, eine gestische Pinselführung und ein Gefühl von Spontanität aus. Von 1955 bis 1966 lebte Diebenkorn in Berkeley, weshalb sich zwei seiner vier Schaffensphasen auf die Stadt beziehen: die Berkeley Abstraction und die Berkeley Figurative Years.

Mitte der 50er Jahre malte Diebenkorn wieder figurativ, mischte Landschaften mit seiner bisher eher abstrakten Form – so, wie er es auch später erneut tun sollte. Ab 1966 wandte sich Diebenkorn der heute als Ocean Park-Serie bekannten Malerei zu, die trotz quasi-geometrischer Abstraktion an die Landschaft und das dunstige Licht Südkaliforniens erinnert.  Bei den Ocean Park-Bildern handelt es sich oft um Ansichten seines Ateliers im Stadtviertel Ocean Park in Santa Monica, wo der Maler bis 1988 lebte.

Die Serie zählt heute zu Diebenkorns prominentestem Werk, das seinen geschulten Blick für Farbe, Raum und Komposition unter Beweis stellt. In den 1980er Jahren, immer noch in Santa Monica, kehrte Diebenkorn zur figurativen Malerei zurück, in die er abstrakte Elemente einfließen ließ. In seinem Spätwerk verband er diese gegenständlichen Aspekte mit den expressiven Qualitäten seiner langen, abstrakten Phase zu einem ganz eigenen Stilmix.

Im Laufe seiner Karriere ehrte die Kunstwelt Diebenkorn mit verschiedenen Auszeichnungen und Ausstellungen. So vertrat er etwa die USA 1978 auf der 38. Biennale von Venedig und diente von 1979 bis 1983 als Juror für die Guggenheim Foundation.

Seine Werke befinden sich in den Sammlungen bedeutender Museen wie dem Metropolitan Museum of Art, dem Museum of Modern Art und dem San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Richard Diebenkorn starb am 30. März 1993 in Berkeley, nur drei Wochen vor seinem 71. Geburtstag. Seine Fähigkeit, abstrakte und figurative Elemente zu verbinden, inspiriert und fasziniert die Kunstwelt bis heute.

Richard Diebenkorn - Untitled #3
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Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale
May 2024
Christies, New York
Est.: 300.000 - 500.000 USD
Realised: 302.400 USD
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Richard Diebenkorn - Untitled
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Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale
May 2024
Christies, New York
Est.: 200.000 - 300.000 USD
Realised: not available
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Richard Diebenkorn - Seated Woman in Chemise
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Modern & Contemporary Prints & Multiples
May 2024
Bonhams, New York
Est.: 3.000 - 5.000 USD
Realised: not available
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Richard Diebenkorn - Folsom Street Variations II (Gray)
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Modern & Contemporary Prints & Multiples
May 2024
Bonhams, New York
Est.: 5.000 - 7.000 USD
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Richard Diebenkorn - Five Spades
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Prints and Multiples
April 2024
Christies, New York
Est.: 12.000 - 18.000 USD
Realised: 11.970 USD
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Richard Diebenkorn - 41 Etchings Drypoints
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Prints and Multiples
April 2024
Christies, New York
Est.: 60.000 - 80.000 USD
Realised: 50.400 USD
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Richard Diebenkorn - Untitled, 1964
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Made in CaliforniaContemporary Art
April 2024
Bonhams, Los Angeles
Est.: 10.000 - 15.000 USD
Realised: 12.800 USD
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Richard Diebenkorn - Untitled, 1961
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Made in CaliforniaContemporary Art
April 2024
Bonhams, Los Angeles
Est.: 18.000 - 25.000 USD
Realised: not available
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Richard Diebenkorn - Untitled, 1967
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Made in CaliforniaContemporary Art
April 2024
Bonhams, Los Angeles
Est.: 18.000 - 25.000 USD
Realised: 23.040 USD
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Richard Diebenkorn - Tri-Color Spade, from Five Spades
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Editions & Works on Paper
April 2024
Phillips, New York Auction
Est.: 5.000 - 7.000 USD
Realised: 6.985 USD
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Richard Diebenkorn - Indigo Horizontal
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Contemporary Edition: New York
March 2024
Christies, New York
Est.: 40.000 - 60.000 USD
Realised: 75.600 USD
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Richard Diebenkorn - Untitled (Seated Nude with Legs Crossed)
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Post-War to Present
March 2024
Christies, New York
Est.: 10.000 - 15.000 USD
Realised: 10.080 USD
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