Circles

Frederick Kahler, Circles, 1982, watercolor and ink on illustration board, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Gene Davis Memorial Fund, 2014.36
Copied Frederick Kahler, Circles, 1982, watercolor and ink on illustration board, image: 22 × 19 3⁄4 in. (55.9 × 50.2 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Gene Davis Memorial Fund, 2014.36

Artwork Details

Title
Circles
Artist
Date
1982
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image: 22 × 19 3⁄4 in. (55.9 × 50.2 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase through the Gene Davis Memorial Fund
Mediums
Mediums Description
watercolor and ink on illustration board
Classifications
Subjects
  • Abstract — geometric
Object Number
2014.36
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2014.36

Artwork Description

Virginia artist Frederick Kahler spends months, sometimes years on his detailed ink and watercolor compositions, which evoke ancient landscapes, metaphysical themes, and myths. Drawing is both meditative and consuming for Kahler, who works in secluded silence and never retouches any mark he makes. Kahler's works are alternately geometrically organized or organic and free-form. His fluid watercolor washes fuse with the stark ink marks in paintings that recall stained glass and kaleidoscopes.