Friedel Dzubas (1915-1994) was born in Berlin, and studied at the Prussian Academy of Fine Art and under Paul Klee while in Düsseldorf from 1936-1939. In 1939, Dzubas fled Germany for London and the Untied States where he later became a citizen. In 1948, he met Clement Greenburg who introduced him to Jackson Pollock and Helen Frankenthaler with whom he shared a studio in 1952. In the early 1950s, he began exhibiting his work in New York. In the 1960s, he started experimenting with color field painting. 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.

Passage

1959
Oil on canvas
42 x124 inches

Key Largo

1964
Oil on canvas
33 x 33 inches

Antigua

1971

Nebel

1971

Grey Experience

1970

Untitled

1959
Magna acrylic on canvas
83 x 113 1/2 inches

Betrayal

1960
Oil on canvas
95 x 71 3/4 inches

Apparition

1985
Acrylic on canvas
40 x 40 inches

Untitled Tondo I

1975
Acrylic on canvas
23 x 23 inches

Untitled Tondo II

1975
Acrylic on canvas
23 x 23 inches

Untitled Tondo III

1975
Acrylic on canvas
23 x 23 inches

Juncture (sketch)

1978
magna acrylic on canvas
6 x 6 inches

Northern Transit (sketch)

1978
magna acrylic on canvas
5 3/8 x 5 3/8 inches

Blaue (sketch)

1976
magna acrylic on canvas
5 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches

Lenz (sketch)

1975
magna acrylic on canvas
5 3/4 x 6 inches