Gerhard Nordström

This artwork was painted by Gerhard Nordström after his return from Giverny and Monet's gardens, where he was 1990 to 1991.
This beautiful summers day is captured in its essence, with the lively poppy meadow against a light blue sky. Two separate colour zones are therefore created in this artwork, one dominated by red, and the other in blue-green tones.
This artwork is in the style of abstract expressionism. Gerhard Nordström has removed the contours of the poppies. Instead, he has created a colorful rhythm of powerful brushstrokes in red, blue, green and white, but which simultaneously presents the audience with a field of poppies. These large brushstrokes, with visible marks of the paintbrush and rough dabs of colour, indicated the abstract impressionism that Gerhard Nordström had recently been inspired by. The trips to Giverny, Claude Monets home and his gardens had become very important for him and his art. During this time, he also created Giverny-inspired paintings commissioned by Lund's University Hospital in 1991.

"At a close glance, the oil paint takes over, creamy and thick or uneven and rough. Always colorful, with pigment and luster. Something reminds you of the feeling of looking at an artist like Claude Monet, and with your own eyes get to see what he produced and achieved beyond the postcards picturesque reproductions. The canvas - whether water lilies in Giverny, France, or in Häckeberga lake in southern Sweden - the shapes are dissolved into a contrast filled combination of brushstrokes and tones." (From the review of Gerhard Nordströms exhibition, Ystads Allehanda 2015).