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Gerd Leufert
GERD LEUFERT, Series Ganchos, c. 1980, Ink on paper, 25¾ x 19⅝ in. 65 x 50 cm.
GERD LEUFERT, Series Ganchos, c. 1980, Ink on paper, 25 x 18¾ in. 63,5 x 48 cm.
GERD LEUFERT, Series Ganchos, c. 1980, Ink on paper, 17⅝ x 16¾ in. 45 x 42,5 cm.
GERD LEUFERT, Series Ganchos, c. 1980, Ink on paper, 15½ x 23 in. 39 x 58 cm.
GERD LEUFERT, Series Ganchos, 1980, Ink on paper, 19⅝ x 25 in. 50 x 63,5 cm.
GERD LEUFERT, Series Ganchos, 1990, Ink on paper, 10⅝ x 11½ in. 28 x 29 cm.
GERD LEUFERT, Series Ademan de Vida, 1994, Ink on paper, 17¾ x 26 in. 45 x 66 cm.
GERD LEUFERT, Series Ademan de Vida, 1993, Ink on paper, 11 x 11¼ in. 28 x 29 cm.
GERD LEUFERT, Series Ademan de Vida, 1993, Ink on paper, 16⅜ x 12⅝ in. 42 x 32 cm.
GERD LEUFERT, Series Ademan de Vida, 1993, Ink on paper, 13⅜ x 14⅛ in. 34 x 36 cm.
GERD LEUFERT, Series Ademan de Vida, 1993, Ink on paper, 14⅜ x 16¾ in. 37 x 43 cm.
GERD LEUFERT, Series Ademan de Vida, 1993, Ink on paper, 12¼ x 11¾ in. 31 x 30 cm.
GERD LEUFERT, Series Ademan de Vida, 1990, Ink on paper, 8⅞ x 8¼ in. 22,5 x 21 cm.
GERD LEUFERT, Series Ademan de Vida, 1980, Ink on paper, 10½ x 9¾ in. 27,7 x 24,8 cm.
GERD LEUFERT, Untitled, c. 1980, Ink and wash on paper, 16 x 13⅜ in. 40,6 x 34 cm.
GERD LEUFERT, Untitled, 1980, Ink and wash on paper, 11¾ x 15⅜ in. 30 x 39 cm.
GERD LEUFERT, Untitled, 1994, Ink on paper, 9¾ x 9½ in. 24,8 x 24,1 cm.
GERD LEUFERT, Untitled, 1990, Ink on paper, 10⅝ x 18⅛ in. 27 x 46 cm.
GERD LEUFERT, Double drawing, c. 1980, Ink on paper, 25¾ x 19¾ in. 65 x 50 cm.
GERD LEUFERT, Untitled, 1980, Ink and wash on paper, 25½ x 19⅝ in. 65 x 50 cm.
GERD LEUFERT, Untitled, 1990, Ink on paper, 19⅞ x 26 in. 50,5 x 66 cm.
GERD LEUFERT, Self-portrait, c. 1960, Drypoint, 14¾ x 11⅝ in. 36,5 x 29,5 cm.
GERD LEUFERT, Torbellino, 1995, Ink on paper, 19⅝ x 25¾ in. 50 x 65 cm.
GERD LEUFERT, Pez Gordo, 1995, Ink on paper, 25¾ x 19⅝ in. 65 x 50 cm.
GERD LEUFERT, Martes 15 de noviembre, 1995, Ink on paper, 24 x 18⅞ in. 61 x 48 cm.
Gerd Leufert and Gego at her exhibition "Variaciones sobre la Reticulária", 1980
Nuevas Nenias exhibition, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, 1985
b. 1914 Klaipėda, Lithuania - d. 1998 Caracas, Venezuela
Gerd Leufert studied at the Hanover School of Art, where Klee and Kandinsky had been notable earlier graduates. He also studied graphic design at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Munich. After being conscripted and wounded during WWII, Leufert worked as a graphic designer for various German publishing houses.
Attracted by the economic affluence that the oil boom brought to Venezuela, in 1951, Leufert settled in Caracas, becoming a citizen in 1954. He moved to Tarma, a small town on the Venezuelan coast with the artist Gego, who became his lifelong companion. Their artistic collaborations included large scale public space projects integrating sculpture into architectural settings.
Leufert innovated graphic design in Venezuela, turning it into a dynamic medium using new typography and innovative layout design. From 1958 to 1967 he taught art and graphic design at various art schools in Caracas, and from 1968 to 1973 he served as curator of drawings and graphic design at the Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas.
In 1989, Leufert was awarded the Venezuelan National Fine Arts Prize. Works by Leufert are included in such public and private collections as the Museum of Modern Art, NY; The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection among others.