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Gösta Adrian-Nilsson

(Sweden, 1884-1965)
Gösta Adrian-Nilsson
(Sweden, 1884-1965)

GÖSTA ADRIAN-NILSSON, oil on panel, signed GAN.

"Stubbamölla". Executed in 1945. 81 x 65 cm.

The outer edges of the panel with minor scratches and loss of colour. Some areas with insignificant scratches and craquelures. Insignificantly oxidized varnish.

Provenance

Originally in the collections of judge Georg Danckwardt, Norrköping, Sweden (acquired directly from the artist's close friend and sales agent Edvin Ganborg, Norrköping in 1955).
Subsequently by descent.

Exhibitions

Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, "GAN. GÖSTA ADRIAN-NILSSON. Retrospektivt", 29 March - 27 April 1958, no. 176.

Literature

Nils Lindgren, "Gösta Adrian-Nilsson", 1949, illustrated half page, p. 175.

Artist

Gösta Adrian-Nilsson is most notable as a visual artist, and he is a pioneer of Swedish modernism. He studied at the Tekniske Selskabs Skole in Copenhagen and later for Johan Rohde at Zahrtmann’s school in Copenhagen. As an avant-gardist, Nilsson was constantly searching for new influences. In Berlin, he was influenced by the circle around the radical magazine Der Sturm, through Kandinsky and och Franz Marc. In Paris through Fernand Legér and the artists in his circle. GAN was an eclectic in the positive sense of the word. He took the the artist styles of the 1900s and created new impressions. Symbolism, cubism, futurism, expressionism, constructivim and Theosophy were the colours occupying his internal pallet. He had a sharp eye for the masculine and his painting was often energized by the vitality of modern technology, vibrant eroticism, and echoes of tyrants. No other Swedish modern artist exhibits such a unique style.

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