OTTO G CARLSUND, watercolor and indian ink, signed, executed in 1948
"Hommage à Wäinö Aaltonen, hommage à Boccioni". 21 x 29,5 cm.
Not examined out of frame. Minor time staining.
A gift from the artist to Professor Oscar Reutersvärd, Lund.
Galerie Bel' Art, Stockholm.
Private collection, Stockholm.
Galerie Bel' Art, Stockholm, Otto G Carlsund, 1988.
Mjellby Konstmuseum/Halmstadgruppens museum, 13 June - 29 August, 2004, cat no 40.
Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, "Otto G Carlsund", 22 September 2007 – 6 January 2008.
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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