Richard Diebenkorn 1922 - 1993

Filter by

in Euro

Richard Diebenkorn - Untitled
Auction
Post-War & Contemporary Art
November 2023
Bonhams, New York
Est.: 100.000 - 150.000 USD
Realised: 76.700 USD
Details
Richard Diebenkorn - Untitled
Auction
Post-War & Contemporary Art
November 2023
Bonhams, New York
Est.: 60.000 - 80.000 USD
Realised: 64.000 USD
Details
Richard Diebenkorn - Untitled
Auction
Post-War & Contemporary Art
November 2023
Bonhams, New York
Est.: 200.000 - 300.000 USD
Realised: not available
Details
Richard Diebenkorn - Santa Cruz
Auction
Post-War & Contemporary Art
November 2023
Bonhams, New York
Est.: 450.000 - 650.000 USD
Realised: not available
Details
Richard Diebenkorn - Recollections of a Visit to Leningrad
Auction
20th Century Evening Sale
November 2023
Christies, London
Est.: -1 - -1 USD
Realised: 46.410.000 USD
Details
Richard Diebenkorn - Untitled (Ocean Park)
Auction
20th Century Evening Sale
November 2023
Christies, London
Est.: 1.800.000 - 2.500.000 USD
Realised: 2.228.000 USD
Details
Richard Diebenkorn - Untitled
Auction
20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session
November 2023
Phillips, New York Auction
Est.: 60.000 - 80.000 USD
Realised: not available
Details
Richard Diebenkorn - Blue
Auction
Editions & Works on Paper
October 2023
Phillips, New York Auction
Est.: 30.000 - 50.000 USD
Realised: 38.100 USD
Details
Richard Diebenkorn - Seated Woman on Sofa
Auction
Editions & Works on Paper
October 2023
Phillips, New York Auction
Est.: 2.000 - 3.000 USD
Realised: 2.286 USD
Details
Richard Diebenkorn - Center Square
Auction
Editions & Works on Paper
October 2023
Phillips, New York Auction
Est.: 1.500 - 2.500 USD
Realised: 6.096 USD
Details
Richard Diebenkorn - Clubs - Blue Ground, from Clubs and Spades
Auction
Modern & Contemporary Prints & Multiples
October 2023
Bonhams, Paris
Est.: 8.000 - 12.000 USD
Realised: 8.960 USD
Details
Richard Diebenkorn - Folsom Street Variations II (Gray)
Auction
Modern & Contemporary Prints & Multiples
October 2023
Bonhams, Paris
Est.: 10.000 - 15.000 USD
Realised: not available
Details

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 - Folsom Street Variations I (Black)
Auction
Modern & Contemporary Prints & Multiples
October 2023
Bonhams, Paris
Est.: 10.000 - 15.000 USD
Realised: not available
Details
Richard Diebenkorn - Folsom Street Variations III (Primaries)
Auction
Modern & Contemporary Prints & Multiples
October 2023
Bonhams, Paris
Est.: 18.000 - 25.000 USD
Realised: 14.080 USD
Details
Richard Diebenkorn - Los Angeles Olympic Games
Auction
Prints & Multiples
October 2023
Bonhams, London
Est.: 1.000 - 2.000 USD
Realised: 960 USD
Details
Richard Diebenkorn - Untitled (from Club/Spade Group \'81-82), from Eight by Eight to Celebrate the Temporary Contemporary
Auction
Prints & Multiples
October 2023
Bonhams, London
Est.: 2.500 - 3.500 USD
Realised: 2.432 USD
Details
Richard Diebenkorn - Black Club, from Clubs and Spades
Auction
Prints & Multiples
October 2023
Bonhams, London
Est.: 5.000 - 7.000 USD
Realised: 6.144 USD
Details
Richard Diebenkorn - Tri-Color, from Clubs and Spades
Auction
Prints & Multiples
October 2023
Bonhams, London
Est.: 10.000 - 15.000 USD
Realised: 12.800 USD
Details
Richard Diebenkorn - Untitled
Auction
Post-War to Present
September 2023
Christies, London
Est.: 70.000 - 100.000 USD
Realised: not available
Details
Richard Diebenkorn - Untitled (for Harvey Gantt)
Auction
Prints & MultiplesSummer Splash
August 2023
Bonhams, New York (Online Auction)
Est.: 2.000 - 3.000 USD
Realised: 4.160 USD
Details
Richard Diebenkorn - Seated Woman with Arms and Legs Crossed, from Seated Woman Series
Auction
Prints & MultiplesSummer Splash
August 2023
Bonhams, New York (Online Auction)
Est.: 2.500 - 3.500 USD
Realised: not available
Details
Richard Diebenkorn - Blue with Red
Auction
Contemporary Edition
July 2023
Christies
Est.: 15.000 - 25.000 USD
Realised: 32.760 USD
Details
Richard Diebenkorn - Trip on the Ground (G. 1193)
Auction
Evening & Day Editions
June 2023
Phillips, London Auction
Est.: 1.000 - 1.500 GBP
Realised: 1.270 GBP
Details
Richard Diebenkorn - Spreading Spade, from Clubs and Spades
Auction
The Sale of the Century: An Important Corporate Collection of Prints and Multiples
April 2023
Christies, New York
Est.: 10.000 - 15.000 USD
Realised: 13.860 USD
Details

Similar and associated artists

Andy Warhol - Portraits of the Artists, from Ten from Leo Castelli (F. & S. 17)
Andy Warhol
Last auction: 17. Jan - 18. Jan 2024
Title: Portraits of the Artists, from Ten from Leo Castelli (F. & S. 17)
Price: 13.970 GBP
Found at Phillips
11,455 auction results
Roy Lichtenstein - Bull Head III from the Bull Head series
Roy Lichtenstein
Last auction: 21. Jan - 31. Jan 2024
Title: Bull Head III from the Bull Head series
Price: 9.600 USD
Found at Bonhams
3,427 auction results
Tom Wesselmann - Smoking cigarette
Tom Wesselmann
Last auction: 23. Jan - 30. Jan 2024
Title: Smoking cigarette
Price: 9.600 EUR
Found at Bonhams
2,045 auction results
Ed Ruscha - Wen Out for Cigrets N Never Came Back
Ed Ruscha
Last auction: 17. Jan - 18. Jan 2024
Title: Wen Out for Cigrets N Never Came Back
Price: 95.250 GBP
Found at Phillips
1,696 auction results
Frank Stella - The Symphony from The Embassy Series
Frank Stella
Last auction: 21. Jan - 31. Jan 2024
Title: The Symphony from The Embassy Series
Price: 14.080 USD
Found at Bonhams
1,798 auction results
David Hockney R.A. - Olympische Spiele München 1972
David Hockney R.A.
Last auction: 25. Jan - 1. Feb 2024
Title: Olympische Spiele München 1972
Price: 2.560 GBP
Found at Bonhams
3,824 auction results
Robert Rauschenberg - Untitled
Robert Rauschenberg
Last auction: 23. Jan - 23. Jan 2024
Title: Untitled
Price: not sold
Found at Bruun Rasmussen
2,033 auction results
Sam Francis - Untitled
Sam Francis
Last auction: 9. Jan - 19. Jan 2024
Title: Untitled
Price: not available
Found at Bonhams
2,750 auction results
Robert Motherwell - Three Figures
Robert Motherwell
Last auction: 21. Jan - 31. Jan 2024
Title: Three Figures
Price: 16.640 USD
Found at Bonhams
1,467 auction results
Jim Dine - Yellow Calla Lilies from \
Jim Dine
Last auction: 21. Jan - 31. Jan 2024
Title: Yellow Calla Lilies from "The Temple of Flora"
Price: 896 USD
Found at Bonhams
1,551 auction results