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Birgit Broms

(Sweden, 1924-2008)
Birgit Broms
(Sweden, 1924-2008)

Birgit Broms, a litograph with collage, signed.

Ca 21x26 cm.

Irregular edges.

Provenance

Margareta Öqvist (1936-2010).
Född i Boden 1936 av Annie och Joel Öqvist som sista barnet i en syskonskara av fem. Läste in en ingenjörsexamen på högre allmänna läroverket och begav sig tidigt till USA (San Francisco) för att söka lyckan men återvände 1965 till Sverige för att ta tjänst hos VBB i Stockholm (nuvarande SWECO). På VBB blev hon snabbt ansvarig för deras konstklubb och engagerad i övrigt konstnärsliv i huvudstaden. 1986 fick hon tjänst som redaktör för tidningen "Bulletinen" som gavs(ges) ut av Moderna Museets Vänner. Den sysslan hade hon fram till 1989.

1987 registrerade hon firman "Margareta Öqvist Papper för konstnärer" på Upplandsgatan 37 i Stockholm. Hon fick generalagentur till bland annat Arches® och Richard de Bas® med flera tillverkare. Hon reste mycket och fick kontakt med papperstillverkare både i Nepal och Japan vars papper blev uppskattade av den breda allmänheten. Allt detta förde givetvis med sig att hon personligen fick träffa dåtidens aktiva konstnärer och erhöll personligen dedikerade alster på grund av hennes engagemang och trevliga personlighet
På grund av sjukdom tvingades hon överlåta verksamheten 2007 och avled tre år senare, 2010.

Artist

Birgit Broms was a Swedish artist who was born in 1924 and died 2008. Rhythm is imbedded into her artistry when she captures the motion of her speedy skiers. This scene is depicted so often that it has become synonymous with the artist herself. Her artistic output was modest, focusing consistently on a few themes: cityscapes, facades, archipelago boats, and ice skaters. She portrayed these subjects not merely to capture their likeness, but rather to solve formal and coloristic challenges. Simplification and abstraction were key elements in her approach, always emphasizing the role of light in highlighting her motifs. One cannot speak about Broms’ career without mentioning her portraits, a genre she did not begin until the end of the 1970s. Broms did not receive commissions, rather it was she herself that asked to paint a person if she found their face fascinating. The first person she asked was Erland Josephson, after which she received commissions from both the portrait collection at Manilla and the National Portrait Geller in Gripsholm. Birgit Broms was married to the artist Ragnar Sandberg between 1960 and 1972.

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