Figurative expressionist composition on canvas, by Valter Gibson
Figurative expressionist composition on canvas, unsigned, mixed media, unframed, rolled up.
Valter Gibson was born in 1928 in Lycksele, grew up in Stockholm and lived until his death in 2002 in Hallstavik. In the years 1952-1955, Gibson studied painting at the Valand Art School in Gothenburg, with the prominent artist Endre Nemes as teacher. Gibson belonged to the "Generation 47-55" and was a member of the artists' association Grupp 54. It was founded by Nemes students who opposed the Gothenburg Artists' Club which was dominated by the Gothenburg Colorists and who opposed the new abstract and surrealist art.
The color scale in Gibson's work varies from black and brown to yellow and blue tones. He paints in a powerful expressionist style, sometimes in a few austere colors and shades, sometimes in bursting colors. He worked with an assortment of oil paints, acrylics, collages, gouache paints, canvas and paper.
Many of Gibson's paintings are structured as collages and resemble icons or altar cabinets. A painting can contain unexpected shapes and several events at the same time. Gibson himself characterized the art as figurative expressionism.
Artist: Valter Gibson (1928-2002)
Period: Unknown
Medium: Mixed media on canvas
Dimensions: H120 x W78cm
Condition: Vintage condition, creases, tape remnants, occasional loose fabric threads
Figurative expressionist composition on canvas, unsigned, mixed media, unframed, rolled up.
Valter Gibson was born in 1928 in Lycksele, grew up in Stockholm and lived until his death in 2002 in Hallstavik. In the years 1952-1955, Gibson studied painting at the Valand Art School in Gothenburg, with the prominent artist Endre Nemes as teacher. Gibson belonged to the "Generation 47-55" and was a member of the artists' association Grupp 54. It was founded by Nemes students who opposed the Gothenburg Artists' Club which was dominated by the Gothenburg Colorists and who opposed the new abstract and surrealist art.
The color scale in Gibson's work varies from black and brown to yellow and blue tones. He paints in a powerful expressionist style, sometimes in a few austere colors and shades, sometimes in bursting colors. He worked with an assortment of oil paints, acrylics, collages, gouache paints, canvas and paper.
Many of Gibson's paintings are structured as collages and resemble icons or altar cabinets. A painting can contain unexpected shapes and several events at the same time. Gibson himself characterized the art as figurative expressionism.
Artist: Valter Gibson (1928-2002)
Period: Unknown
Medium: Mixed media on canvas
Dimensions: H120 x W78cm
Condition: Vintage condition, creases, tape remnants, occasional loose fabric threads
Figurative expressionist composition on canvas, unsigned, mixed media, unframed, rolled up.
Valter Gibson was born in 1928 in Lycksele, grew up in Stockholm and lived until his death in 2002 in Hallstavik. In the years 1952-1955, Gibson studied painting at the Valand Art School in Gothenburg, with the prominent artist Endre Nemes as teacher. Gibson belonged to the "Generation 47-55" and was a member of the artists' association Grupp 54. It was founded by Nemes students who opposed the Gothenburg Artists' Club which was dominated by the Gothenburg Colorists and who opposed the new abstract and surrealist art.
The color scale in Gibson's work varies from black and brown to yellow and blue tones. He paints in a powerful expressionist style, sometimes in a few austere colors and shades, sometimes in bursting colors. He worked with an assortment of oil paints, acrylics, collages, gouache paints, canvas and paper.
Many of Gibson's paintings are structured as collages and resemble icons or altar cabinets. A painting can contain unexpected shapes and several events at the same time. Gibson himself characterized the art as figurative expressionism.
Artist: Valter Gibson (1928-2002)
Period: Unknown
Medium: Mixed media on canvas
Dimensions: H120 x W78cm
Condition: Vintage condition, creases, tape remnants, occasional loose fabric threads
