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From 8 February to 7 June 2026, the Emil Schumacher Museum in Hagen, in cooperation with the Archiv Geiger, Munich, presents the solo exhibition “FARBE – LICHT – ENERGIE” by painter Rupprecht Geiger. Around 70 works from all phases of the artist’s career provide insight into his lifelong engagement with color, light, and geometric forms, and create a previously unseen dialogue with Emil Schumacher, two key figures of post-1945 non-representational art.
The exhibition highlights the differing approaches of the two artists: Geiger with the clarity of pure color, Schumacher with expressive gestures. Innovative and ahead of his time, Geiger significantly shaped the art of the second half of the 20th century. Moving away from representational forms was both a conscious choice and a guiding principle. Color remained the central theme of his work, explored through the radical reduction of the support to simple geometric forms, achieving the effect of pure color like no …
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Image above: Rupprecht Geiger, Pinc moduliert, 2005, Acryl auf Holz, 100 x 100 cm, WVZ 944, Archiv Geiger, München, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025, Foto: Andreas Pauly, München
