Robert Mangold

Robert Mangold (né en 1937) est un peintre américain dont l’approche précise et minimaliste a fait de lui une figure centrale de l’abstraction d’après-guerre. Né à North Tonawanda, dans l’État de New York, Mangold a étudié au Carnegie Institute of Technology avant d’obtenir son master en beaux-arts à l’Université de Yale, où il a été exposé au formalisme rigoureux de la peinture moderniste et aux innovations de l’expressionnisme abstrait. Sa formation initiale lui a inculqué une attention rigoureuse à la composition et aux proportions, qui allait définir son engagement de toute une vie envers la géométrie et les relations spatiales.

L’œuvre de Mangold se caractérise par des compositions sobres et rectilignes qui explorent l’interaction entre la ligne, le plan et la couleur. Il utilise fréquemment des formes répétées, de subtiles variations de teintes et des plans qui se chevauchent pour créer une tension visuelle à la fois ordonnée et énigmatique. Au-delà de la toile, Mangold s’est intéressé à l’espace architectural, produisant des œuvres et des installations in situ qui étendent ses recherches géométriques en trois dimensions, mettant l’accent sur l’interaction entre l’œuvre d’art, le spectateur et l’environnement. Tout au long de sa carrière, il a maintenu un engagement rigoureux envers la clarté, la proportion et l’équilibre, évitant les excès expressifs de l’abstraction antérieure au profit d’une approche contemplative et analytique.

Son influence s’étend à travers plusieurs générations d’artistes américains, façonnant les débats sur le minimalisme, la perception et la retenue formelle. Les œuvres de Mangold font partie des plus grandes collections du monde entier, notamment celles du Museum of Modern Art de New York et du Whitney Museum of American Art, et il a fait l’objet de nombreuses expositions individuelles dans des institutions de premier plan.


Robert Mangold (b. 1937)

Curved Plane/Figure VII

Robert Mangold (b. 1937)

X Series Central Diagonal I (Blue)

Robert Mangold (b. 1937)

Double Circles #1

Robert Mangold (b. 1937)

Three-Color Frame Painting

Robert Mangold (b. 1937)

Irregular Red-Orange Area with A Drawn Ellipse #3

Robert Mangold (b. 1937)

A Triangle Within Three Rectangles

Robert Mangold (b. 1937)

Attic Series XVII

Robert Mangold (b. 1937)

Four Color Frame Painting #15

ROBERT MANGOLD (B. 1937)

1/4 X Series (Blue)

ROBERT MANGOLD (B. 1937)

Irregular Yellow-Orange Area with a Drawn Ellipse

Robert Mangold (b. 1937)

One and One Quarter Circle Within A Square

Robert Mangold (b. 1937)

Plane/Figure Series G (Double Panel), Study

Robert Mangold (b. 1937)

Tilted Gray Ellipse/Red Frame

Robert Mangold (b. 1937)

Orange/Gray Four Panel Zone Painting

Robert Mangold (b. 1937)

Circle Painting #4

Robert Mangold (b. 1937)

Yellow/Gray Zone Painting (Study)

Robert Mangold (b. 1937)

Orange Frame/Blue Ellipse

Robert Mangold (b. 1937)

Attic Series IX

ROBERT MANGOLD (B. 1937)

X Within Three Rectangles (Red)

Robert Mangold (b. 1937)

Red Frame/Yellow Ellipse No. 2

Robert Mangold (B. 1937)

Curled Figure IX

Robert Mangold (b. 1937)

Irregular Yellow Orange Area with a Drawn Ellipse

Robert Mangold (b. 1937)

Attic Series III (Study)

Robert Mangold (b. 1937)

4 Squares within a Circle 2

Robert Mangold (b. 1937)

Attic Series XI

Robert Mangold (b. 1937)

A Curved Line within Two Distorted Rectangles

Robert Mangold (b. 1937)

Curled Figure XIV Version I

ROBERT MANGOLD (B. 1937)

Circle Painting #5

ROBERT MANGOLD (NÉ EN 1937)

Irregular yellow/orange area with a drawn ellipse

Robert Mangold (b. 1937)

A Square and A 90 Degree Arc within Three Rectangles (Red)

Robert Mangold (b. 1937)

Double Line Column 5

ROBERT MANGOLD (B. 1937)

Red Ellipse / Green Ellipse, Study

Robert Mangold (b. 1937)

Attic Series Painting II

ROBERT MANGOLD (B. 1937)

X Within X (red-green)

Robert Mangold (b. 1937)

Compound Ring II Variant (White Line)

ROBERT MANGOLD (B. 1937)

Model for Four Color Frame Painting #2

Robert Mangold (b. 1937)

Curved Plane/Figure

Robert Mangold (b. 1937)

A Triangle within Two Rectangles Orange

Robert Mangold (b. 1937)

Two Quarter Circles within a Square

Robert Mangold (b. 1937)

A Curved Line Within Two Distorted Rectangles (Orange)

Robert Mangold (b. 1937)

Curved Plane/Figure X

ROBERT MANGOLD (NE EN 1937)

CurvedPlane Two figures

Robert Mangold (b. 1937)

Irregular Red Orange Area with a Drawn Ellipse

ROBERT MANGOLD (B. 1937)

Grey-White Zone Drawing

ROBERT MANGOLD (B. 1937)

4 Color Frame Painting #3

Robert Mangold (b. 1937)

Blue/Gray Five Panel Zone

Robert Mangold (b. 1937)

A Triangle within Two Rectangles II