Eric Hallström
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"Landskap, Madeira"
Signed E. Hallström and dated Madeira 1926. Oil on panel 38 x 46 cm.
Provenance
Svensk Franska konstgalleriet, Stockholm.
Director Gösta Olsson, Stockholm.
Exhibitions
Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, "Eric Hallström", 1946, catalogue no. 66, illustrated in the exhibition catalogue.
Literature
Lennart Seth, "Eric Hallström", SAK, 1967, ill p. 190.
"Konst i svenska hem", vol. II,, listed p. 272 in the collection 420: Gösta Olsson.
More information
"1926 kommer den betydelsefulla resan till Madeira, från den snåla vintern hamnar konstnären mitt i ett ångande överflöd, där palmerna spruta som kaskader ur den torra jorden. Han behåller sin känsla för den signifikativa detaljen, för ett träds skälvande silhuett och en arbetande människas energiska kontur men han presenterar det han ser i en färgskala av spanskt grönt och dammgrått, som aldrig för presenterats på hans palett." Gunnar Mascoll Silfverstolpe, recension i Konstrevy, 1930.
Artist
Eric Hallström counts as one of the leading representatives for the Swedish naivism. He had his debut in 1917. Through his painting he communicates his memories from the outskirts of Stockholm, a motif he worked with for a long time. Hallström came into contact with Ångermanland through Pelle Molin's "Ådalens poesi", and shortly after he travelled there to experience the dark forests, the undulating horizon, powerful rivers and log floating, which later took shape in his Stockholm studio. His compositions become lighter when he traveled to South Africa and Italy in the 1920s, approaching a new objectivity, causing the naive elements to disappear. Hallström's storytelling talent is revived in the 1930s when he, using strong colors in a primitive style, expresses his experiences of people and landscapes.
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