Otto G Carlsund
"Arkitektonisk komposition" or "Fabriken 1931"
Signed Carlsund and dated 24-31. Watercolour and ink 72 x 51 cm.
Provenance
Margareta Carlsund.
Private collection, Stockholm.
Galerie Bel'Art, Stockholm.
Private collection, Stockholm.
Exhibitions
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, "Paris 1932, 10 Nationer - 24 Konstnärer", 1932, cat no 26 (reproduced in the catalogue).
Gothenburg, 1932.
Oslo, 1933.
Galerie Artek, Helsinki, "Hommage à Otto G. Carlsund", 1950, cat no 4.
Interskandinaviska Artek, Stockholm, "Hommage à Otto G. Carlsund", May 1957, cat no 2.
Norrköpings Museum, Norrköping, "Otto G. Carlsund", 17 November 1968 - 12 January 1969, cat no 10.
Malmö Museum, Malmö, "Otto G. Carlsund", 13 April - 11 May 1969, cat no 10.
Galerie Bel'Art, Stockholm, "Hyllning till Carlsund", 1988.
Mjellby Konsthall, Halmstad, "Otto G Carlsund och det internationella 'Konkretistfiaskot' i Stockholm 1930", 13 June - 29 August 2004.
Liljevalchs konsthall, Stockholm, "Otto G. Carlsund", 22 September 2007 - 6 January 2008.
Norrköpings konstmuseum, Norrköping, "Otto G Carlsund", 27 January - 6 April 2008.
Literature
Stockholmstidningen, 16 Oct 1932 (reproduced).
Svenska Dagbladet, 17 Oct 1932 (reproduced).
Arbeiderbladet, Oslo, 28 Feb 1933 (reproduced).
Oscar Reutersvärd, "Otto G. Carlsund -
I fjärrperspektiv", 1988, reproduced in colour on p 108 (entitled "Arkitektonisk komposition" or "Fabriken").
Viveka Bosson, 'En resa genom Otto G. Carlsunds liv och konst' in "Otto G. Carlsund och konkretistfiaskot i Stockholm 1930", 2004, mentioned on p 92-96 (entitled"Fabriken") and reproduced in colour on p 94.
More information
"Omarbetad version av konstnärens beundrade försök 1924 att realisera Légers kungstanke att harmonisera motsättningen mellan teknikens och det mänskiligas formvärld. I denna sammansmältning av fabriksbyggnad och kvinnobyst är den ursprungliga ideala framställningen omredigerad av Carlsund till ett porträtt av Margareta Alexandra Frölich". (Oscar Reutersvärd, "Otto G Carlsund", sid 108).
Designer
Otto G Carlsund was a Swedish painter, theorist and critic. Whilst in Paris in 1924, he formed a friendship with Fernand Léger, Ozenfant and Piet Mondrian and became the representative of Swedish synthetic cubism, purism, and neoplasticism. It was between the years of 1932 – 45 when Carlsund was the most active as a critic, but rediscovered his passion for nonfigurative painting in his last years. His paintings were often intended as preliminary studies for wall paintings. In 1929, he co-founded the group Art Concret in Paris with van Doesburg and Hélion, publishing its manifesto.
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