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Gösta Adrian-Nilsson(Sweden, 1884-1965)
"Fransk matros" (French sailor)
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Estimate
175 000 - 200 000 SEK

"Fransk matros" (French sailor)

Signed G.A-N. Executed in Paris in 1921. Watercolour on paper 28 x 16.5 cm.

Provenance

Åmells konsthandel, Stockholm.
Private collection.

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Sommaren 1920 reste GAN till Paris, där han kom i kontakt med och influerades av Fernand Légers postkubism.
”Redan före mötet med (post)kubismen i Paris hade GAN varit på väg mot en mera samlad och balanserad kubism. Mötet med Léger stimulerade honom att gå vidare den vägen, men GAN blev aldrig – som så många andra – en imitatör av den beundrade franske konstnärens måleri. Den syntetiska kubism som GAN utvecklade i Paris har en rikare orkestrerad palett och är långt mera detaljrik och personlig. Som den berättare GAN i grunden var, är hans kubistiska måleri också fullt av kodade meddelanden, ett slags teckenspråk, som i förtäckt form ofta handlar om hans homosexualitet och erotiska dragning till sjömän.
/…/
Under 1921 återkom GAN då och då till favoritmotivet med sjömännen/matroserna, fast nu i fransk tappning.”
Jan Torsten Ahlstrand, 2012 (text ursprungligen skriven för målningen "Flotte"/ "Flotta" (Franska matroser), 1921, såld på Bukowskis den 25 april 2012).

More about Gösta Adrian-Nilsson

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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