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Bertel Bertel-Nordström

(Finland/Sverige, 1884-1967)
Bertel Bertel-Nordström
(Finland/Sverige, 1884-1967)

Bertel Bertel-Nordström, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1928

Söder Mälarstrand i skymningen. 69 x 61,5 cm.

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Bertel Bertel-Nordströms är främst känd ett pastost måleri i blå toner, och allra mest älskade är hans stämningsfulla bilder av Stockholm och dess omgivande vatten. Han var en tidig modern expressionist, född i Helsingfors 1884 och verksam i Stockholm från 1915.

Som konstnär var Bertel Bertel-Nordström autodidakt. Han gjorde ett stort antal studieresor, till bland annat Köpenhamn, Paris, Dresden, Florens och Venedig. Som före detta brottare var han en av initiativtagarna till “Konsten i sporten” och dess ordförande 1943-1946. Han var utställningskommissarie för svenska konstutställningen vid OS i Berlin 1936 och även en av Optimistgruppens mest aktiva medlemmar.

Representerad på bland annat Nationalmuseum i Stockholm, Moderna Muséet i Stockholm, Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Malmö Museum, Jämtlands Museum, Norrköpings Museum och Ataneum i Helsingfors.

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Bertel Bertel-Nordstöms is most notably known forhis blue-tones impasto paintings, particularly those of his atmospheric depictions of Stockholm and its surrounding waters. He was an early modern expressionist, born in Helsinki 1884, and worked in Stockholm from 1915 onwards.

Bertel-Nordström was a self-taught artist. He travelled a great deal for his studies to places such as Copenhagen, Paris, Dresden, Florence and Venice.
Before becoming an artist, Bertel-Nordström was a wrestler and was one of the initiators of "Konsten i sporten" (Art in Sport), serving as its chairman from 1943 to 1946. He was also the exhibition commissioner for the Swedish art exhibition at the 1936 Berlin Olympics and an active member of the Optimist group.

Bertel-Nordström was represented at the National Museum of Stockholm, Moderna Museet in Stockholm, Gothenburg’s Art Museum, Malmö Museum, Jämtlands Museum, Norrköpings Museum and Ataneum in Helsinki.

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