Leander Engström
Sketch to "Den sovande Pierrot" (The sleeping Pierrot)
Executed 1916-17. Paper laid down on panl 83 x 87 cm.
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Provenance
Originally in the collection of doctor Helge Dahlstedt, Österås, Sweden.
Hence by descent within the family.
Exhibitions
Exhibited, in April 1937, according to label on verso.
Literature
Nils Palmgren, "Leander Engström", jfr oljemålningen "Den sovande Pierrot", 1917, avbildad sid 63.
More information
Certified by the artist wife on verso, dated 21 April 1937.
Designer
Per leander Engström was a Swedish visual artist born in Ytterhogdal. He studied under the tutorship of Henri Matisse in Paris and the artists association school in Stockholm. Engström was part of the artistic group De Unga together with none other than Isaac Grünewald and Tor Bjurström. Engström was greatly inspired by Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh and Paul Cézanne. Leander Engström followed in Osslund's footsteps and was captivated by Lapland's overwhelming natural scenery, which he depicted using the forms and colors of Fauvism. His paintings from 1912-15 - landscapes, still lifes, nude scenes - are harmonious and emotional, built upon Cézannes principles of discrete, weak colours. The years between 1916 and 1919 kan be understood as his most expressionistic period. Sweeping lines, large stylised planes and bright strong colours dominated his characteristic style. Engström found himself in Italy between 1920 and 1922 where he studied the early Rennaissance; it was during this time that he neared new objectivity. Leander Engström was one of Matisse's most impressive pupils.
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