Otto G Carlsund, (Attributed to)
"The three from the filling station"
Lithographic poster printed in colours, 1930, by A. B. Offsettryck, Stockholm. S. 100 x 70 cm.
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Under 1930 bodde Otto G. Carlsund i Stockholm och arbetade bla i Råsunda på Svensk filmindustri med dekorationer och affischer. Filmaffischerna som han då utförde signerades inte i trycket.
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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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