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Ola Billgren(Sweden, 1940-2001)
"Studie i rött V"
Hammer price
55 000SEK
Estimate
40 000 - 50 000 SEK

"Studie i rött V"

Signed Ola Billgren and dated -94 on verso. Oil on canvas 28 x 34 cm.

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För Ola Billgren var alltid den fotografiska bilden viktig för skapandet. På 1960-talet, när hans konst med fotorealistisk skärpa återgav hans närmaste omgivning, kom inspiration från filmen och litteraturen, från den illustrerade pressen och från den samtida vardagen. På 1980-talet bröt han mot de tidigare årens motivval nu blickade Billgren istället ut över städer och stadsvyer, både från fotgängarens perspektiv och från katedraltoppar, i städer runtom i Europa. Den röda färgen bröt igenom och från att endast ha dansat över ytan bredde nu färgen ut sig över dukarna.

Ola Billgren skapade på 1990-talet nästan monokroma målningar, där motiven under lager av färg kunde anas i bakgrunden. Fortfarande var den fotografiska bilden viktig som förlaga och inspiration, men färgens måleriska effekter på duken gavs allt större tyngd och bar på så vis Billgrens måleri framåt. Dessa tre målningar utförda mellan 1994 och 1997 är utmärkta exempel på denna period i Billgrens konstnärskap och hans kärlek till den röda färgen.

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Ola Billgren was born in 1940 in Copenhagen but based his career in Sweden. Billgren was self-taught, having only been trained by his parents Hans and Grete Billgren. Ola worked within the mediums of graphic art, watercolour, collage, photography, film, and scenography. He was also an author and culture critic. Known for his versatility, Billgren cultivated a relationship between art and reality in his work.
During the 1960s, he transitioned from abstract expressionism to photographic realism. Over time, his paintings evolved into a fusion of abstract and photorealistic styles, resulting in romantic landscapes where he examined the interplay of light and color. Forms dissolved, and colors were reduced to monochrome, single-colored surfaces that were richly worked and varied.
In the late 1980s, he returned to urban environments in large cityscapes, often painted from a high perspective but maintaining the impressionistic approach seen in his landscapes. Ola Billgren's influence on recent decades of art has been significant. His work is represented in institutions such as Musée National d'art Moderne Centre George Pompidou in Paris and Moderna Museet in Stockholm.

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