Otto G Carlsund
Still life with bottle and green pears
Signed Carlsund and dated 32. Gouache and water colour 12 x 22 cm.
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Provenance
Originally in architect Nils Eriksson's collection, Gothenburg, acquired directly form the artist, subsequently by inheritance.
Exhibitions
Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm "Otto G Carlsund", 22 September 2007 – 6 January 2008.
Literature
"Konst i svenska hem", vol I: 11, listed on page 561 under collection 988: "Arkitekt Nils Einar Eriksson, Brödragatan 38, Gothenburg".
Designer
Otto G Carlsund was a Swedish painter, theorist and critic. Whilst in Paris in 1924, he formed a friendship with Fernand Léger, Ozenfant and Piet Mondrian and became the representative of Swedish synthetic cubism, purism, and neoplasticism. It was between the years of 1932 – 45 when Carlsund was the most active as a critic, but rediscovered his passion for nonfigurative painting in his last years. His paintings were often intended as preliminary studies for wall paintings. In 1929, he co-founded the group Art Concret in Paris with van Doesburg and Hélion, publishing its manifesto.
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