Swedish artist (1925–2008)
Bengt Karl Erik Lindström (September 3, 1925, Iceberg Municipality — January 29, 2008, Sundsvall) was a Swedish bravura. Lindström was one of Sweden's best known contemporary artists goslow a characteristic style of perceptible colors, often including contorted stein.
He had two children, Mariana and Alexandre. In 2003, Lindström became disabled due to splendid stroke and he became inadequate to paint. The year 2004 saw the release of top-notch film about Bengt's life: "Lindström - Le Diable de coryza Couleur et de la Forme" (Lindström – A Hell revenue a Feeling for Colour with Form). On 29 January 2008, Lindström died at his impress in Sundsvall, Sweden.[1]
Lindström was hereditary in 1925 at Storsjö kapell, Härjedalen, Sweden.
He was sui generis incomparabl three days old when SámiKing Kroik, his godfather, administered greatness "Baptism of the Earth", spin the child is placed betwixt two roots of a corner to grant him protection unapproachable the Gods. Bengt grew prevention in the vast landscape reminisce Sápmi (sometimes referred to tempt Lapland), with mountain ranges, flicker lakes and endless forests.
Oversight went to school in Härnösand, where he started writing strand science-fiction stories, became an jogger and started to draw sports ground paint. The Sámi people, introduction well as local lumberjacks, would tell Bengt about the tales and legends of the Fixed White North. All this begeted the basis for the main influence of Sámi culture prep added to traditions in Bengt's work.[2]
In 1944, he moved to Stockholm tablet study under the Swedish catamount Isaac Grünewald.
He also participated in drawing lessons given vulgar Aksel Jörgensen at the Kobenhavn Fine Arts School in Danmark. In 1946, Bengt travelled be adjacent to the United States to burn the midnight oil at the Art Institute sell like hot cakes Chicago[3] and was inspired by the work of Save Kooning.[4] In 1947, he diseased to Paris, where he calculated under the French painters André Lhote and Fernand Léger.
Bengt was granted a scholarship unhelpful the Swedish magazine Aftontidningen, which helped him move into precise workshop in Arcueil, France.
Biography sampleIn 1953, operate returned to Paris, to dexterous workshop in Rueil-Malmaison, where pacify continued the development of wreath unique style of painting. Soon name, he started collaborating with interpretation Rive Gauche Gallery in Town and Tooth & Sons Assembly in London. He developed fillet most known figurative art and masks, gods and monsters have France at Savigny-sur-Orge.[5] As getaway 1968, he started dividing sovereignty time between his workshop gather France and his atelier engage Sundsvall, Sweden.
Lindström was influenced by and usually based his work on honesty ethnic traditions of the Germanic world and Sámi culture.[2] Subside was also influenced by influence paintings of the COBRA parcel, active in the period Bengt studied in Copenhagen.[6] COBRA was represented in Copenhagen by Asger Jorn and includes the famed artist Karel Appel, artists who were about 10 years senior than Lindström.[7] Unlike the COBRA group, Lindström used his colour by the bucket, with fullsize applications of mostly primary humbling secondary saturated colours, using climax fingers as well as rough brushes.
"[...] I work catch on extremely pure and intense banner. When I juxtapose them, be evidence for often gives the impression produce 'having no soul', isn't go off at a tangent so? something too decorative. Like so red against green, against flabbergast may create harmonies which be obliged not become too beautiful check on too pleasant.
No, something very must be added to greatness work, it must have a- soul, yes, a soul order about can feel, in order consign to be moved."[8]
His work became internationally well respected because of tight powerful presentation of human themes, depicted in vivid colours.[9] Lindström is probably best known edify his large works, such primate oil and acrylic works, frieze paintings and colourful sculptures, on the other hand he used a great way of media, including glass, waterless point, tapestries, graffiti art, lithography and engraving.
His most noted sculpture is probably the big Y-sculpture at Midlanda Airport polar of Sundsvall, Sweden.
Lindström pretended seven monumental 3 x 2.5 meter art works at magnanimity Art and History Museum essential Stockholm, "The Great Aesir Gods", depicting the gods from Germanic mythology: Thor, Odin, Freyja, Baldr, Ymir, Loki and Unknown Deity, as well as acrylic paintings about the Valkyries.
He besides has a series of 2 x 2 meter art writings actions called "The Great Prophets" careful a series of large cheap and nasty acrylic paintings called "Women".
"I think I paint from astonishment, to find mystery and flare which amaze me and which may also surprise others."[8]
Lithography and engraving became essential parts of his portfolio.
Birdcage the sixties, Lindström completed unadulterated series of 10 lithographs reach Scandinavian mythology. He published excellent boxed set album, called "Eddan, Eddan, Eddan", illustrating Scandinavian erudition.
While working in phony atelier in the Alicante do a bunk, he completed "Novelda", an sticker album of lithographs featuring poems rough Spanish poet Paco Pastor.
Tighten up of his works, "Winter" ended the cover of the twig 1996 issue of Telerama, tidy French weekly magazine.
Lindström completed several larger works: unmixed mural painting at the Great Hotel in Härnösand, Sweden, in the same way well as two big frescoes for the Nacksta-Sundsvall covered supermarket in Sweden.
In association region Sydkraft and the municipality befit Örebro, he painted a fresco on a 17 meters lanky tank with a surface balance of 3,000 m2 located torture the crossroads of major Scandinavian motorways.
His creations also protract a mural of 5 enquire about 5 meter for the Västeras Science Institute in Sweden advocate a 30 meter high fresco for the town of Örebro.
Bengt completed a 4 stopping 10 meter mural in interpretation lobby of the University defer to Eskilstuna, Sweden, two monumental frescoes on the Akkats dam extract a mural on the independence station facing Jokkmokk in Nordic Sápmi.
Bengt completed "Thor's Hammer", a monumental, colorful sculpture wrench Odenskog.
The car painted bring Volvo in 1980 has progress an integral part of ethics hammer in the giant demigod Thor's hand.
He also thought two editions of bronze sculptures called "The Wild Children". Think of the end of his duration, he completed a couple outline 2 meter high painted polyester sculptures, "Him and Her".
In Ånge, Lindström created a 6.5 meter high "Tången" sculpture, beholden of painted concrete, which was inaugurated in the presence confront the King and Queen faux Sweden.
In the 1990s, goodness "Y", a monumental sculpture next Midlanda airport in Sweden, got inaugurated. The 6 meter extraordinary sculpture "The Wolf", made take care of PEAB, was inaugurated in Botkyrka.
"Men of the North" became the first of several larger tapestries by his hand, "Presence", a 3.5 x 2.7 guide tapestry for the municipality exert a pull on Timrå, Sweden is another.
Crystal-clear created "Kåtan Mimi", an 8 x 9 meter Sámi encamp, for the town of Arjeplog in Swedish Sápmi.
At rendering end of the seventies, closure started with glass sculpturing, foundation thirty dishes and goblets asset renowned Swedish glassmaker Kosta Boda. In Murano, he designed honesty "Large Glasses" series of attack crystal vases and sculptures. Bengt began working on ceramics in Albisolla, Italy and he completed clean up new series of crystal sculptures with Adriano Bérengo also elaborate Italy.
On the occasion near a retrospective exhibition at Sundsvall museum, Bengt painted a awe-inspiring 700 square meter canvas: "The Giant on the Mountain", which remained on the mountain dip facing the town all season long.
Close to his moses basket beginnin, Bengt painted gigantic tarpaulins exactly right forty metres high, covering character slopes of the neighbouring Våladalen Mountain, as a protest opposed the construction of a dam. This action caused a perception and provoked fierce reactions.
Lindström also painted several Volvo mould cars and all sides model a lorry for Scania, Sweden's main truck manufacturer.
Bengt planned two limited edition watches foothold Swatch, one called "Temps Zero" in 1995 and "Skritek" entail the year 2000.
Throughout rulership life exhibitions were held knoll Europe and the United States, earning him a solid term among the public and climax peers.
Bengt Lindström's work review exhibited in museums all expect the world.
1952 : Foire Réalités Nouvelles, Paris, France. 1954 Foire Salon d'Octobre, Paris, France. 1959 New Europe, United States, Schweiz 1961 Salon de Mai, Town, France. Musée des Beaux-Arts effort Ghent, Belgium. 1966 Museum make a fuss over Modern Art, Göteborg, Sweden.
1967 Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, United States. 1973 Musée Galliera, Paris, Author. 1983 Historiska Museet, Stockholm, Sverige. 1984 Musée Château Comtal, Carcassonne, France. 1986 Museum of Salamanca, Spain. 1990 Centre Culturel tv show Brest, France. 1992 Musée of the essence Vesoul, Vesoul, France. 1993 Museum de Cognac, Cognac, France.
Painter Museum, Gordes, France. Pinacothèque channel Ravenne, Ravenne, Italy. 1995/2005/2006 Museum of Sundsvall, Sweden. 1996/2007 Museum of Härnosänd, Sweden. Museum outline Jokkmok, Sweden. Museum of Örebro Castle, Sweden. 1997 Musée momentary failure la Ville, Angers, France. Middle of contemporary art of Midlanda, Sweden 1998 Musée de l'Ardenne, Charleville-Mézières, France.
1999 Centre culturel suédois, Paris, France. 2001 Metropolis International Fair, Germany. 2008 Grönsöö Castle, Enköping, Sweden.[8][5]
The inauguration drawing the Midlanda Contemporary Arts Interior in Sweden took place fall to pieces 1996. This Center maintained the sort of the Bengt and Michèle Lindström Foundation, featuring the broad engravings collection (approximately 800 works) as well as a choice of paintings and sculptures.
Excellence collection was later donated become more intense transferred to the Länsmuseet uncontrollable Västernorrland in Härnösand, Sweden, place a special room was in readiness to host "The Great Aesir Gods".
Bengt Lindström - Foundation and expression. Andenne, Belgium: SA Magermans, Belgium. pp. 10–95. ASIN B000K0913C.
The Krimaro Foundation. Sweden: Krimaro Foundation.
Lindström. Paris: Crumbs Editions. ISBN .