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Vilhelm Lundstrøm
b. Copenhagen1893, d. s. p.1950
"Opstilling", (Still life), 1937. Unsigned. Oil on canvas.
140 x 105 cm.
Exhibited: "Kunst i privateje i Sønderjylland", Badmintonhallen,
Esbjerg, March 1957, cat. no. 84.
Exhibited: "Vilhelm Lundstrøm", Nordiska Konstförbundets Vandringsutställning",
Aarhus Kunstmuseum; Esbjerg Kunstpavillon;
Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo; Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Amos
Andersons Konstmuseum, Helsinki, November 1977 - May 1978.
Literature: Preben Wilmann & Marianne Brøns: "Lundstrøm",
1977, cat. no. 268, ill. full page in colours p. 254, mentioned pp.
246-248.
Literature: Gösta la Cour: "16 malere", 1958, reproduced p. 180.
Provenance: Sven Tobiesen, Hjerting, Denmark.
Provenance: Kunsthallen, Copenhagen, auction 406, October
1991, cat. no. 112, ill. on the frontpage of the catalogue.
Quote from "Wilmann & Brøns" pp. 246-248: "Hans Bendix
recalls that he [Lundstrøm] exclaimed one day: "You see, it's
about lifting yourself into the light. [original: Forstår du, det drejer
sig om at komme op i lyset.] In this there lies a proclamation of the
change his art underwent in relation to colour, the first steps of
which were taken in his pictures from 1937. Suddenly images were
saturated with strong light. An example is his composition shown
on page 254 (this painting). The intense orange of the table edge
and the unadulterated cadmium red of the under frame of the table
are powerfully complemented by all the blue, which is still the predominant
hue but which in more ethereal form adds a flowing
sense of glow to the white housewares: good old-fashioned classics
such as the French enamel and faience jugs above the fruit dish.
The plastics of the shapes are still a style feature although less predominant.
The shadows indicate several light sources and express
a sense of uncertainty as to whether they wish to remain caretakers
of classical order or whether they aspire to the liberties of abstract
composition. A new era has been heralded; one characterised, not
only for its sentiments, as being colourful'".
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