Otto Fried

Otto Fried was a German-born American artist who worked and lived in New York City and Paris.

Otto Fried saw himself primarily as a painter; however, his extensive oeuvre consists not only of paintings and drawings but also of sculptures and objects of everyday use. From his early landscape themes, still lifes, and portraits he developed an abstract formal and pictorial language in which circular movements and forms became dominant. Works by Otto Fried are to be found in numerous private and public collections, including the Musée nationale d'art moderne, Centre Georges-Pompidou in Paris, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.