Wonderful Colour
€36
Keyword: 20th century, painting, colourism, Swedish artists Artists included: Åke Göransson, Ivan Ivarson, Nils Nilson, Ragnar Sandberg, Inge Schiöler among others.
Subtitle: Gothenburg Colourism in a New Light Size: 215 x 280 mmPages: 352
Format: softcover
Language: English
Illustration: in colour
Editor: Kristoffer Arvidsson
Text: Kristoffer Arvidsson, Per Dahlström, Martin Gustavsson, Andrea Kollnitz, Lydia Sandgren, Patrik Steorn, Håkan Wettre, Jeff Werner, Eva Zetterman
Book design: Karl Stefan Andersson
Printing: Livonia
Publisher: Appell, Göteborgs konstmuseum
Pub Year: 2023
Weight: 1558 gr
ISBN: 9789198815269
Exhibition: Göteborgs konstmuseum 2023-24
Description
Article no.: 9789198815269
A broader look at the Gothenburg Colourists including some works by Danish and Norwegian Colourists, who were role models and parallels to the Gothenburg Colourists.
From the publisher:
The Gothenburg Colourists clothed the West Coast and Gothenburg in scintillating colour. In the 1930s, their work was characterized by a powerfully expressive use of colour without counterpart in Sweden. Intense hues, bold brushwork, intimate motifs, and passionate visions have won artists such as Åke Göransson, Ivan Ivarson, Nils Nilson, Ragnar Sandberg, and Inge Schiöler a place in the public heart.
The history of this vital artistic current, sparked by a few students at the Valand School of Art, is a success story. But it is also a story of tragedy, as several of the artists had mental illnesses and died young. In a series of essays, authors and scholars examine Romantic mythologizing around the movement, its critical reception, the artist role, and historiographical questions, as well as the role of the city itself and its galleries and dealers. The volume introduces an expanded gallery of Gothenburg Colourists along with works by their forerunners and successors and related colourists from Denmark and Norway.
From the publisher:
The Gothenburg Colourists clothed the West Coast and Gothenburg in scintillating colour. In the 1930s, their work was characterized by a powerfully expressive use of colour without counterpart in Sweden. Intense hues, bold brushwork, intimate motifs, and passionate visions have won artists such as Åke Göransson, Ivan Ivarson, Nils Nilson, Ragnar Sandberg, and Inge Schiöler a place in the public heart.
The history of this vital artistic current, sparked by a few students at the Valand School of Art, is a success story. But it is also a story of tragedy, as several of the artists had mental illnesses and died young. In a series of essays, authors and scholars examine Romantic mythologizing around the movement, its critical reception, the artist role, and historiographical questions, as well as the role of the city itself and its galleries and dealers. The volume introduces an expanded gallery of Gothenburg Colourists along with works by their forerunners and successors and related colourists from Denmark and Norway.