Research Catalog

Title

Wonderful colour : Gothenburg colourism in a new light / Kristoffer Arvidsson (Ed.) ; translators, Robin Blanton and Suzanne Martin Cheadle.

Publication

• [Göteborg] : Gothenburg Museum of Art ; Stockholm : Appell Förlag, [2023]
• ©2023

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Details

Additional Authors

• Arvidsson, Kristoffer
• Blanton, Robin
• Cheadle, Suzanne Martin
• Göteborgs konstmuseum, host institution, issuing body.

Description

382 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), charts, portraits; 28 cm

Summary

In the Gothenburg Colourists' expressive painting, the grey city of Gothenburg is draped in shimmering hues. Bright colours, sweeping brushstrokes, personal subject matter and emotional visions have endeared paintings by artists such as Åke Göransson, Ivan Ivarson, Nils Nilsson, Ragnar Sandberg and Inge Schiöler to the public. Gothenburg Colourism, a dynamic, colour-driven expressionism without comparison at the national level, had its heyday in the 1930s. It is a visually striking but also tactile style that speaks to the viewer's senses. The motifs were chosen from the immediate surroundings: portraits and self-portraits, model studies, urban scenes and still lifes. A full spectrum of bright colours was used, creating novel modes of expression in combination with the rhythm of the brushstrokes and the thickness of the oil paint. A comprehensive, richly illustrated catalogue has been produced in conjunction with the exhibition. It presents new research, providing in-depth knowledge about Gothenburg Colourism in newly written essays by several researchers and writers. Highlighting the city's importance, and questions concerning galleries, collectors and reception, as well as the artist's role and historiography, the texts allow us to see the entire movement in a new light. Exhibition: Göteborgs konstmuseum, Sweden (22.04.2023 - 07.04.2024).

Uniform Title

Underbara färgen. English.

Alternative Title

• Wonderful color : Gothenburg colorism in a new light
• Gothenburg colorism in a new light

Subject

• 1900-1999
• Painting, Swedish > Sweden > Göteborg > 20th century > Exhibitions
• Painting > Sweden > Göteborg > 20th century > Exhibitions
• Art movements > Sweden > Göteborg > History > 20th century > Exhibitions
• Color in art > Exhibitions
• Art movements
• Color in art
• Painting
• Painting, Swedish
• Sweden > Göteborg

Genre/Form

• Exhibition catalogs.
• History.

Note

• Translation of: Den underbara färgen : Göteborgskolorismen i nytt ljus.
• Catalog of an exhibition held at Göteborgs konstmuseum, Sweden, April 22, 2023-April 7, 2024.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

JQF 23-1359

ISBN

• 9789198815269
• 9198815261

OCLC

1374562519

Title

Wonderful colour : Gothenburg colourism in a new light / Kristoffer Arvidsson (Ed.) ; translators, Robin Blanton and Suzanne Martin Cheadle.

Publisher

[Göteborg] : Gothenburg Museum of Art ; Stockholm : Appell Förlag, [2023]

Copyright Date

©2023

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Added Author

Arvidsson, Kristoffer, editor.

Blanton, Robin, translator.

Cheadle, Suzanne Martin, translator.

Göteborgs konstmuseum, host institution, issuing body.

Research Call Number

JQF 23-1359