Harry Booström, oil on panel, signed and dated -53 on verso
Utan titel. 61 x 90 cm.
Surface dirt. Minor wear along edges
Note This lot can be collected no earlier than September 16, Västberga Allé 3, Stockholm
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Provenance
William and Maud Appelquist, Gotland, Sweden.
Galerie Bel'Art, Stockholm.
Private collection, Stockholm.
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Harry Booström har kallats för en drömmare och konkretist. Sin konstnärliga utbildning fick han på Edward Berggrens och Isaac Grünewalds målarskolor 1941-45 samt under studieresor till Danmark, Holland, Frankrike och Tunisien.
Booströms konst bestod först av tuschteckningar, och abstrakta kompositioner i olika tekniker, men på 1950-talet övergick han till ett rent icke-föreställande, konkretistiskt, måleri med geometriska grundformer. I växelspelet mellan form och färg, varmt och kallt, uppnådde han i sina kompositioner både dynamik och rörelse.
Booström debuterade 1948 på Samlaren och deltog under åren i många uppmärksammade utställningar bl a Høstudstillingen / Den Frie Udstilling, Köpenhamn, Espace i Stockholm, Réalités Nouvelles i Paris, och Stockholmskonkretisterna i Halmstad. Han var medlem av Groupe Espace som verkade för ett utvidgat samarbete mellan konstnär och arkitekt.
Harry Booström är representerad vid Modena museet och Nationalmuseum i Stockholm samt i Gustaf VI Adolfs samling.
More about Harry Booström
The artist Harry Booström (1917-1996) is often proclaimed to have been a dreamer and concretist. His artistic studies were conducted at Edward Berggren's and Isaac Grünewald's painting schools from 1941 to 1945. Booström was a contemporary of the "1947 års män" group and, like them, was inspired by the early concrete tradition.
After his studies Booström travelled to Denmark, where he resided for a period, yet still made time to travel to Holland and France. In 1948 Booström moved to Stockholm but spent the summer months on the island of Gotland, where he had spent his youth. The nature there was of great inspiration Transitioning from abstract style in the 1950s, he moved towards a purely non-representational, concrete art with geometric basic forms. In the interplay between form and color, warm and cold tones, he achieved both dynamism and movement in his compositions.
Harry Booström had his debut in 1948 at Samlaren where throught his years he took part in several highly important exhibitions such as a Høstudstillingen / Den Frie Udstilling, Copenhagen, Espace, Stockholm, Réalités Nouvelles, Paris, and Stockholmskonkretisterna, Halmstad. Booström was also an active member in the international Groupe Espace, which advocated for expanded collaboration between artists and architects. Together with the architect Bertil Ahlqvist, Booström decided upon the colour of row houses in Visby.
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