Gösta Adrian-Nilsson
Folkvisa, "Resan till Österland" (Ballad, Journey to the East)
Signed G A-N and dated 1925 with dedication. Gouache, water colour, cold colour, ink and pencil on paper 42 x 28 cm.
Provenance
Originally in Wiwen Nilsson's collection, Lund.
Carin Wiwen-Nilsson, Lund (Daughter of the above)
Private collection.
Exhibitions
Lunds konsthall, "GAN och Wiwen Nilsson", 3 July - 28 August 1977, cat No. 138.
More information
Dedikation: "Till Wiwen + Lillemor. 1925. 28/1" (gåva direkt från konstnären till silversmeden samt hovjuveleraren Wiwen Nilsson och dennes första hustru Lillemor, född von Johnstone).
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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