Birgit Broms
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"Blasieholmstorg II"
Signed B Broms. Executed 1986. Canvas 113 x 132
Provenance
Private collection, Sweden.
Exhibitions
Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde, Stockholm, 31 August- 20 October 1996.
More information
Birgit Broms var en hängiven tematiker, hennes repertoar är till synes begränsad men i kompositionerna finns en rik variation och nyansskillnad. Broms arbetade med ett motiv tills hon fann en lösning och arbetsprocessen inleddes med små detaljerade skisser som efterhand fick en allt mer abstrakt form. Processen var tidskrävande, vilket har inneburit att produktionen inte blivit särskilt stor och utställningarna relativt sällsynta. Hon förenklar, abstraherar och låter ljuset bära fram motiven.
Artist
Birgit Broms was a Swedish artist who was born in 1924 and died 2008. Rhythm is imbedded into her artistry when she captures the motion of her speedy skiers. This scene is depicted so often that it has become synonymous with the artist herself. Her artistic output was modest, focusing consistently on a few themes: cityscapes, facades, archipelago boats, and ice skaters. She portrayed these subjects not merely to capture their likeness, but rather to solve formal and coloristic challenges. Simplification and abstraction were key elements in her approach, always emphasizing the role of light in highlighting her motifs. One cannot speak about Broms’ career without mentioning her portraits, a genre she did not begin until the end of the 1970s. Broms did not receive commissions, rather it was she herself that asked to paint a person if she found their face fascinating. The first person she asked was Erland Josephson, after which she received commissions from both the portrait collection at Manilla and the National Portrait Geller in Gripsholm. Birgit Broms was married to the artist Ragnar Sandberg between 1960 and 1972.
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