Otto G Carlsund
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Study for "Muralmålning på manganblå grund"
Crayon and pencil on paper, probably executed in 1947. I: 15 x 18 cm.
Provenance
The estate of Otto G Carlsund, thence by descent to Alexandra Carlsund.
Gift to present owner.
Literature
Anders Wahlgren, "Otto G Carlsund", 2021, compare image p. 282.
More information
Anders Wahlgren writes about "Muralmålning på manganblå grund" on page 283;
"When he (Otto G) was to make more oil paintings, such as Muralmålning på manganblå grund, he was helped by the young artist Nils Nixon. Otto sketched small models in pencil and coloured chalk, which Nixon enlarged."
Artist
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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