Georg Karl Pfahler (b. 1926, Emetzheim, Germay; d. 2002) studied at the Kunstakademie Stuttgart under Willi Baumeister. His work was exhibited in a major retrospective at Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany (2001), which travelled to Von Der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal, Germany (2002). Other important exhibitions include the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Suttgart, Germany (1990); National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland (1988); Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany (1985); and Kunsthaus Zug, Zug, Switzerland (1979). The artist represented Germany at the Venice Biennale in 1970 and at the São Paulo Biennale in 1981. Pfahler’s work is collected by institutions such as Stadel Museum, Frankfurt, Germany; Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany; Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany; Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany; Bundestag, Berlin, Germany; Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nurnberg, Germany; Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany; Folkswang Museum, Essen, Germany and Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany.
