Several works by Erik Olson at Modern Art + Design
Erik Olson Fiskare vid Seine (Fisher men by Seine)
Erik Olson and his cousin Waldemar Lorentzon arrived in Paris at the start of 1924. There they came to be included within the very first circle of students at what was then the most modern art school on the continent: Fernand Léger’s Académie Moderne in Montparnasse. In Paris, Erik spent a lot of time with his close friend the artist Otto Carlsund. Together they visited Amédée Ozenfant’s ultra-modern studio designed by the architect Le Corbusier.
On the 29th of March 1928 Erik wrote (to Egon):
“Lately I have been heavily invested in new ideas and am now working on two things… The paintings are almost neo-plastic in style – straight lines, reduced curves and a few circles in a couple of simple colours – sharply and precisely worked. Composition I and II, also called Fiskare vid Seine and Grå figur”. This version of Fiskare vid Seine (1928) is owned by Gothenburg Museum of Art.
Erik Olson Carré Rouge
The painting in the auction Carré Rouge was executed in 1930. Its provenance is silversmith Wiwen Nilsson, who was a good friend of Erik Olson and of the other members of Halmstadgruppen. During the summer of 1930 Olson and his wife Solveig lived with their friend Wiwen in Lund, and their daughter Viveka was born there on the 11th of July.
Carré Rouge was also included in the now legendary ‘Art Concret’ exhibition shown at Café Puck during the 1930 Stockholm Exhibition (19th of August to 29th September 1930). Gunnar Asplund, the chief architect of the Stockholm Exhibition, had commissioned Otto G Carlsund to put the show together. Carlsund loaned 107 artworks from 31 international and Swedish artists. These were shown on a 23-metre long wall of one of the exhibition area’s restaurants, Café Puck, and included several artists from the ‘Art Concret’ movement.
The works will be sold at Modern Art + Design
Viewing 5 – 9 May, Berzelii Park 1, Stockholm.
Open Mon–Fri 11am–6pm, Sat–Sun 11am–5pm.
Auction 10 – 11 May, Arsenalsgatan 2, Stockholm.