Gösta Adrian-Nilsson
Drawings, 23, and poem
Various motifs. For example "Självporträtt" (Self-portrait), portrait of Egon Östlund as well as GAN's own take on different artists, like Rembrandt, Kandinsky, Delaunay and Picasso. Indian ink and coloured crayon. Each sheet 20 x 17 cm. Poem from GAN to Egon Östlund dated 6-7 July 1917. Five pages, each 20 x 17 cm.
Provenance
The collection of Engineer Egon Östlund.
Subsequently by descent.
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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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