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Leander Engström

(Sweden, 1886-1927)
Estimate
150 000 - 200 000 SEK
13 300 - 17 800 EUR
13 600 - 18 100 USD
Hammer price
200 000 SEK
Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Lena Rydén
Stockholm
Lena Rydén
Head of Art, Specialist Modern and 19th century Art
+46 (0)707 78 35 71
Leander Engström
(Sweden, 1886-1927)

"Kongens Nytorv"

Signed Leander Engström and dated 1917. Canvas 92 x 73,5 cm.

Provenance

Earlier in the collection of Cand. Mag. Aage Jacobaeus, Copenhagen.
Tandläkare Eugen Wallerstedt, Ulvsunda.

Exhibitions

Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, "Expressionistutställningen", May 1918, cat no 24.
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, "Den unga expressionismen - Svenskt måleri 1909-20", 1944, cat no 90.

Literature

"Konst i svenska hem", band 4, listed and illustrated page 207 in collection no. 298: "Tandläkare Eugen Wallerstedt, Ulvsundavägen 14, Ulvsunda".

More information

Under första världskriget var gränserna stängda ner till kontinenten så Köpenhamn var så långt söderut man kunde komma. Här samlades under några en hel koloni av såväl svenska som norska och danska konstnärer och författare. Leander Engström inspirerades under denna period både av den danske modernisten Willumsen och av norske Edvard Munch.

I verket "Kongens nytorv" vajar de danska flaggorna och ett sällskap med hästdroskor väntar på sina kunder. Engström lyser upp den svala blågröna koloriten med djupröda färgfläckar som återkommer över hela bildytan. Människorna är nästan reducerade till streckgubbar medan byggnaderna utmed de svängda gatorna är tydligare målade. På snedden nere i högra hörnet, starkt beskuren, är en spårvagn, som en symbol för den moderna tiden.

Åren runt 1917-19 räknas som höjdpunkten i Engströms expressionistiska måleri.

Artist

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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