Gösta Adrian-Nilsson
"Konstruktion på svart"
Signerad GAN. Utförd 1930. Duk 44 x 62 cm.
Provenance
Bukowski Auktioner, 1988, auktion 459, kat nr 254.
More information
Tillsammans med Erik Olson målade GAN en plangeometrisk målning "Vit konstruktion" i juli 1930. Samma år deltar GAN med en kollektion neoplasticistiska målningar i den av Otto G Carlsund anordnade utställningen "Art Concret" på Stockholmsutställningen. "Konstruktion på svart" var troligen en av de utställda verken.
Designer
Gösta Adrian-Nilsson is most notable as a visual artist, and he is a pioneer of Swedish modernism. He studied at the Tekniske Selskabs Skole in Copenhagen and later for Johan Rohde at Zahrtmann’s school in Copenhagen. As an avant-gardist, Nilsson was constantly searching for new influences. In Berlin, he was influenced by the circle around the radical magazine Der Sturm, through Kandinsky and och Franz Marc. In Paris through Fernand Legér and the artists in his circle. GAN was an eclectic in the positive sense of the word. He took the the artist styles of the 1900s and created new impressions. Symbolism, cubism, futurism, expressionism, constructivim and Theosophy were the colours occupying his internal pallet. He had a sharp eye for the masculine and his painting was often energized by the vitality of modern technology, vibrant eroticism, and echoes of tyrants. No other Swedish modern artist exhibits such a unique style.
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