INGEBORG MOHR “UNTITLED ABSTRACT”

INGEBORG MOHR (CANADIAN/AUSTRIAN, 1921–2004)
MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER, SIGNED AND DATED 1978 LOWER RIGHT
A STRIKING, HIGHLY MINIMALIST GEOMETRIC ABSTRACT SCENE BY CANADIAN MODERNIST INGEBORG MOHR. THE COMPOSITION CONFRONTS THE VIEWER WITH AN EXPANSIVE STARK WHITE UPPER VOID WHICH DRAWS THE EYE DOWN TO A DENSE HORIZONTAL BASE MATRIX ANCHORED BY A SOLID COAL-BLACK BLOCK, HARD INTENSE INK LINES, AND A SOFTLY FEATHERED SPRAY-PIGMENT OR CHARCOAL GRADIENT HAZE ESCAPING UPWARD
23 X 29 IN
32.25 X 38.5 IN FRAMED
INGEBORG MOHR WAS A CELEBRATED ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST PAINTER, TEXTILE ARTIST, AND RECIPIENT OF HIGH ELECTIONS TO BOTH THE ONTARIO SOCIETY OF ARTISTS AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN ACADEMY OF ARTS. BORN IN INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA, SHE EMIGRATED TO CANADA IN 1954, EVOLVING HER CREATIVE PRACTICE FROM REPRESENATIONAL PRAIRIE WATERCOLOURS TO AVANT-GARDE GEOMETRIC INTAGLIO COMPOSITIONS AND LARGE-SCALE BATIK PRODUCTIONS. HER WORKS IN THE 1970S AND 1980S GAINED EXTENSIVE ACCLAIM FOR SYNTHESIZING RIGID REDUCTIONIST STRUCTURE WITH DEEP, TEXTURED MATERIAL VOIDS, LEAVING A PERMANENT CONTEMPORARY IMPRESSION ON POST-WAR CANADIAN PRINTS AND PAPER WORKS. SHE LIVED AND WORKED FROM HER STUDIO ON HOWE ISLAND, ONTARIO, UNTIL HER PASSING AT THE AGE OF 82.