{"id":14139,"date":"2020-11-19T20:11:31","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T19:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/?post_type=artists_ui&#038;p=14139"},"modified":"2026-09-05T15:20:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T13:20:42","slug":"early-work","status":"publish","type":"artists_ui","link":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/mohr-manfred\/early-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Early work"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;]<div class=\"dam-custom-grid dam-custom-grid--cols-2\" style=\"--dam-grid-gap:16px;\"><figure class=\"dam-custom-grid__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mohr-b1712_65.jpg\" class=\"dam-custom-grid__link\" data-lightbox=\"dam-custom-grid\" title=\"Manfred Mohr, bild-1965 [1712-65]. Tempera\/ink\/canvas. 102 x 125 cm. 1965.\" data-title=\"Manfred Mohr, bild-1965 [1712-65]. Tempera\/ink\/canvas. 102 x 125 cm. 1965.\" data-caption=\"Manfred Mohr, bild-1965 [1712-65]. Tempera\/ink\/canvas. 102 x 125 cm. 1965.\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1621\" src=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mohr-b1712_65.jpg\" class=\"dam-custom-grid__image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mohr-b1712_65.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mohr-b1712_65-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mohr-b1712_65-1024x830.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mohr-b1712_65-768x622.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mohr-b1712_65-1536x1245.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mohr-b1712_65-703x570.jpg 703w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mohr-b1712_65-500x405.jpg 500w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mohr-b1712_65-550x446.jpg 550w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mohr-b1712_65-400x324.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figure class=\"dam-custom-grid__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mohr-bild-1963_0.jpg\" class=\"dam-custom-grid__link\" data-lightbox=\"dam-custom-grid\" title=\"Manfred Mohr, bild_1963_0 \u201ehommage \u00e0 Sonderborg\u201c. Drawing\/ink on paper. 49 x 63 cm. 1963.\" data-title=\"Manfred Mohr, bild_1963_0 \u201ehommage \u00e0 Sonderborg\u201c. Drawing\/ink on paper. 49 x 63 cm. 1963.\" data-caption=\"Manfred Mohr, bild_1963_0 \u201ehommage \u00e0 Sonderborg\u201c. Drawing\/ink on paper. 49 x 63 cm. 1963.\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1525\" src=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mohr-bild-1963_0.jpg\" class=\"dam-custom-grid__image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mohr-bild-1963_0.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mohr-bild-1963_0-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mohr-bild-1963_0-1024x781.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mohr-bild-1963_0-768x586.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mohr-bild-1963_0-1536x1171.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mohr-bild-1963_0-748x570.jpg 748w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mohr-bild-1963_0-500x381.jpg 500w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mohr-bild-1963_0-550x419.jpg 550w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mohr-bild-1963_0-400x305.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figure class=\"dam-custom-grid__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mohr-bC_66.jpg\" class=\"dam-custom-grid__link\" data-lightbox=\"dam-custom-grid\" title=\"Manfred Mohr, bild-1966 [C\/66]. Tempera\/ink\/canvas. 160 x 150 cm. 1966.\" data-title=\"Manfred Mohr, bild-1966 [C\/66]. Tempera\/ink\/canvas. 160 x 150 cm. 1966.\" data-caption=\"Manfred Mohr, bild-1966 [C\/66]. Tempera\/ink\/canvas. 160 x 150 cm. 1966.\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1871\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mohr-bC_66.jpg\" class=\"dam-custom-grid__image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mohr-bC_66.jpg 1871w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mohr-bC_66-281x300.jpg 281w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mohr-bC_66-958x1024.jpg 958w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mohr-bC_66-768x821.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mohr-bC_66-1437x1536.jpg 1437w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mohr-bC_66-533x570.jpg 533w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mohr-bC_66-468x500.jpg 468w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mohr-bC_66-550x588.jpg 550w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mohr-bC_66-500x534.jpg 500w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mohr-bC_66-374x400.jpg 374w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1871px) 100vw, 1871px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figure class=\"dam-custom-grid__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mohr-fourPaintings.jpg\" class=\"dam-custom-grid__link\" data-lightbox=\"dam-custom-grid\" title=\"Manfred Mohr, four paintings 1960-1963  \n1. bild-1960. Oilpaint\/plaster\/wood. 52 x 60 cm. 1960.\n2. bild-1961. Tempera\/wood. 49 x 42 cm. 1961.\n3. bild-1962 barcelona-1. Oilpaint\/pressed wood. 60x 73 cm. 1962.\n4. bild-1962 barcelona-2. Oilpaint\/pressed wood. 60x 73 cm. 1962.\" data-title=\"Manfred Mohr, four paintings 1960-1963  \n1. bild-1960. Oilpaint\/plaster\/wood. 52 x 60 cm. 1960.\n2. bild-1961. Tempera\/wood. 49 x 42 cm. 1961.\n3. bild-1962 barcelona-1. Oilpaint\/pressed wood. 60x 73 cm. 1962.\n4. bild-1962 barcelona-2. Oilpaint\/pressed wood. 60x 73 cm. 1962.\" data-caption=\"Manfred Mohr, four paintings 1960-1963  \n1. bild-1960. Oilpaint\/plaster\/wood. 52 x 60 cm. 1960.\n2. bild-1961. Tempera\/wood. 49 x 42 cm. 1961.\n3. bild-1962 barcelona-1. Oilpaint\/pressed wood. 60x 73 cm. 1962.\n4. bild-1962 barcelona-2. Oilpaint\/pressed wood. 60x 73 cm. 1962.\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"891\" height=\"776\" src=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mohr-fourPaintings.jpg\" class=\"dam-custom-grid__image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mohr-fourPaintings.jpg 891w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mohr-fourPaintings-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mohr-fourPaintings-768x669.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mohr-fourPaintings-654x570.jpg 654w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mohr-fourPaintings-500x435.jpg 500w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mohr-fourPaintings-550x479.jpg 550w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mohr-fourPaintings-400x348.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 891px) 100vw, 891px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column css_animation=&#8221;fade-up&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Early work (1960-1966)&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; font_size=&#8221;16&#8243; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; font_weight=&#8221;600&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"wbp_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wbp_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wbp_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wbp_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wbp_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wbp_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wbp_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wbp_wrapper\">\n<p>Mohr\u2019s early artistic work was influenced by atonal music, modern Jazz and abstract expressionism. The art of K.H. Sonderborg gave him a profound visual guidance and the understanding of Max Bense\u2019s philosophy a unique direction. As a consequence, geometry and the reduction of his visual vocabulary to black and white as binary decisions, took more and more importance in his work after 1963.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<strong>More works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/mohr-manfred\/algorithmic-modulations\/\">algorithmic modulations (2019)<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/mohr-manfred\/transit-code\/\">Transit-Code (2017-2018)<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/mohr-manfred\/artificiata-ii\/\">Artificiata II (2012-2015)<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/mohr-manfred\/parallel-resonance\/\">parallelResonance (2009-2011)<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/mohr-manfred\/klangfarben\/\">klangfarben (2006-2007)<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/mohr-manfred\/subsets-motion\/\">subsets.motion (2003-2005)<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/mohr-manfred\/subsets\/\">subsets (2003-2005)<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/mohr-manfred\/space-color-motion\/\">space.color.motion (2002-2004)<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/mohr-manfred\/space-color\/\">space.color (1999-2003)<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/mohr-manfred\/half-planes\/\">Half Planes (1995-1998)<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/mohr-manfred\/counterpoint\/\">Counterpoint (1993-1995)<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/mohr-manfred\/laserglyphs\/\">Laserglyphs (1990-1993)<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/mohr-manfred\/line-cluster\/\">Line cluster (1989-1990)<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/mohr-manfred\/dimensions-ii\/\">Dimensions II (1986-1989)<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/mohr-manfred\/divisibility-ii-iii\/\">Divisibility II + III (1984-1986)<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/mohr-manfred\/divisibility-i\/\">Divisibility I (1980-1984)<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/mohr-manfred\/dimensions-i\/\">Dimensions I (1977-1979)<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/mohr-manfred\/cubic-limit-ii\/\">Cubic limit II (1976-1977)<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/mohr-manfred\/cubic-limit-i\/\">Cubic limit I (1973-1976)<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/mohr-manfred\/early-algorithms\/\">Early algorithms (1969-1973)<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/mohr-manfred\/hard-edge\/\">Hard edge (1966-1969)<\/a><br \/>\nEarly work (1960-1966)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column css_animation=&#8221;fade-up&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Early work (1960-1966)&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; font_size=&#8221;16&#8243; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; font_weight=&#8221;600&#8243;][vc_column_text] Mohr\u2019s early artistic work was influenced by atonal music, modern Jazz and abstract expressionism. The art of K.H. Sonderborg gave him a profound visual guidance and the understanding of Max Bense\u2019s philosophy a unique direction. As a consequence, geometry and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"bookmark\" class=\"kayo-button-simple wvc-button wvc-button-size-xs\" href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/mohr-manfred\/early-work\/\"><span>Continue reading<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14143,"parent":12827,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[],"class_list":["post-14139","artists_ui","type-artists_ui","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry","clearfix","entry-grid","entry-columns-default","entry-artists_ui-module-layout-standard","thumbnail-color-tone-dark","entry-artists_ui","entry-artists_ui-grid"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists_ui\/14139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists_ui"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/artists_ui"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists_ui\/12827"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}