Fred Thieler was an important representative of German Art Informel. Essential elements for an understanding of Thieler's work and his artistic development are "his striving for creative freedom as well as for a free and open reception of his painting by the viewer. For Thieler, painting is liberation from constraint, as well as an expression of freedom and the assertion of his own position. Under this premise, he also rejects a clear interpretation of the picture and negates any intention of trying to influence the viewer." (Eva Müller-Remmert, curator). Against this background - after the early, still representational works of the 1940s - Fred Thieler's rapid turn to abstract, gestural-dynamic painting, which took place irrevocably in the course of the 1950s and not least represented a liberation from the restrictions experienced during the Third Reich, must be seen.
