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Harry Booström

(Sweden, 1917-1996)
Harry Booström
(Sweden, 1917-1996)

Harry Booström, Visby (Hommage a Marc Chagall)

Signed Boström and dated -48. Canvas 48 x 80 cm.

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Sin konstnärliga utbildning fick Harry Booström bl.a vid Isaac Grünewalds målarskola under åren 1941-45. Därefter gjorde Harry Booström ett flertal studieresor till bland annat Frankrike och Paris.

Auktionens oljemålning ”Visby", utförd 1948, framstår som en tydlig hyllning till både Harry Booströms egen hemstad på Gotland, samt till den parallellt högaktuelle Marc Chagall (1887-1985).

Året
1948 var nämligen då Chagall flyttade
tillbaka till Frankrike, från sin exil i New York.
Återkomsten till Frankrike blev en omtalad händelse i konst-världen.
Nationen svarade med att hylla sin återvändande mästare, med
ett flertal utställningar från 1948 och framåt.

Auktionens målning bär tydliga likheter med på Chagalls många stadsporträtt. Samma lilla stad, tätt mellan de små husen och en myllrande och färgsprakande intensitet. I växelspelet mellan form och färg uppnår Booström Marc Chagalls dynamik och rörelse.
Det förefaller rimligt att Harry Booström, under sin tid i Frankrike, tagit intryck av Chagalls färgstarka måleri.
Harry Booström debuterade 1948 på Galleri Samlaren i Stockholm och deltog genom åren i en rad uppmärksammade utställningar, bl.a Høstudstillingen (Den Frie Udstilling) i Köpenhamn, Espace i Stockholm, Réalités Nouvelles i Paris samt utställningen Stockholmskonkretisterna i Halmstad.

Moderna Museet äger sju verk av Harry Booström.

Moderna Museets verk Komposition I av Harry Booström är utfört 1946. Detta konstverk förvärvades ursprungligen av Kung Gustaf VI Adolf. Vid bouppteckningen angav Kungens testamente att detta konstverk skulle tillfalla Moderna Museet i Stockholm.

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The artist Harry Booström (1917-1996) is often proclaimed to have been a dreamer and concretist. His artistic studies were conducted at Edward Berggren's and Isaac Grünewald's painting schools from 1941 to 1945. Booström was a contemporary of the "1947 års män" group and, like them, was inspired by the early concrete tradition.
After his studies Booström travelled to Denmark, where he resided for a period, yet still made time to travel to Holland and France. In 1948 Booström moved to Stockholm but spent the summer months on the island of Gotland, where he had spent his youth. The nature there was of great inspiration Transitioning from abstract style in the 1950s, he moved towards a purely non-representational, concrete art with geometric basic forms. In the interplay between form and color, warm and cold tones, he achieved both dynamism and movement in his compositions.
Harry Booström had his debut in 1948 at Samlaren where throught his years he took part in several highly important exhibitions such as a Høstudstillingen / Den Frie Udstilling, Copenhagen, Espace, Stockholm, Réalités Nouvelles, Paris, and Stockholmskonkretisterna, Halmstad. Booström was also an active member in the international Groupe Espace, which advocated for expanded collaboration between artists and architects. Together with the architect Bertil Ahlqvist, Booström decided upon the colour of row houses in Visby.

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