Peter Dahl
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"Dockskåp"
Signed Peter Dahl and dated -67. Canvas 104 x 116.5 cm.
Provenance
Bukowskis, Modern sale, autumn 1996, cat no 155.
Bukowskis, Modern sale, autumn 2006", cat no 604.
Exhibitions
Riksutställningar, ”Om människor”, 1968-1969, project number 94, cat. no. 2.
More information
Peter Dahls genombrott ägde rum på Galerie Prisma samma år som auktionens målning utfördes, 1967. Det var Peter Dahls första separatutställning, som blev mycket omtalad och fick ett positivt mottagande i pressen.
Under denna period arbetade Dahl på temat förtryckta och utsatta människor (även i skulpturform) med nakna människokroppar hopträngda bakom ett galler (se Moderna Museets målning "Galler", 1968, inköpt av Pontus Hultén) eller som i auktionens målning placerade i ett dockskåp, skyddslösa till allmän beskådan. En liknande bildidé förekommer på omslaget till SKP:S tidskrift Folket i Bild/Kulturfront 1972.
I Peter Dahls målningar kretsar motiven kring människan och det mänskliga beteendet. Med en djup, psykologisk insikt målar han såväl kärleksfulla rosenskimrande bilder som mörkare målningar där våra mindre smickrande sidor visas.
Artist
Peter Dahl is painter, printmaker, sculptor, and author. He was born in Oslo and came to Stockholm during the war years of the 1940s, studying at cadémie Libre in 1957 and then attended the Royal Institute of Art from 1958 to 1963 under the guidance of Lennart Rhode. He worked as a teacher at Gelesborg’s school during the 60s and 70s, and was the head professor of painting at Valand Art Academy in Gothenburg from 1975-79. Dahl paints in an expressive, realistic style with bright colours, sensual figure compositions, his art a vessel for his criticism towards upper class luxury and petty bourgeois environments. Influenced by the expressionism of Francis Bacon, he depicted the sequence of events in Medelsvensson's daydreams about "the sweet life" in the upper social group in a series of images. Over the years, Peter Dahl continued with thematic painting. From 1981 to 1984, he illustrated Fredman's Epistles in 87 pictures.
He is outgoing and often depicts his own life with a touch of self-irony. His work is rooted in Swedish tradition, often revisiting and renewing old themes. In recent years, his style has become softer and more sensual, with his dance and bacchanalian motifs taking on a Rococo-like quality. As a printmaker, Dahl is particularly known for his congenial illustrations of Bellman's "Fredman's Epistles." Peter Dahl is considered one of the great artists of our time, immensely productive and consistently popular.
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