© Gösta Adrian-Nilsson/Bildupphovsrätt 2025
Cowboy och hästar
Artist
Gösta Adrian-Nilsson
(Sverige, 1884 - 1965)
Alternate Title
- Cowboy and Horses
Date1918
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsBildmått: 129 × 104 cm
Ram: 140 × 120 cm
ClassificationPaintings
Credit LinePurchase 1980
Countries
On view
StockholmRoomGallery 01:12
Object NumberMOM 156
About the artworkThrough the Der Sturm gallery in Berlin, Gösta Adrian-Nilson discovered cubism, expressionism and futurism and developed a style of painting combining these styles in a way that was unique in Swedish modernism. He presents us with a fragmented scenario of energetic movement and drama. As often with GAN, the motifs are distinctly masculine. Many of his geometric compositions celebrate the city and the technical progress of the new era, and also the male body – often with an erotic undercurrent. For GAN, painting was a means of opposing prevailing norms, and his works were constantly criticized by his contemporaries.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks G.A-N Selected exhibition history Rosa segel. Svensk modernism i Moderna Museets samling (den 17 juni 2023 - den 3 augusti 2025) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Samlingsutställning 2004 - 2011 - I vår tid (2004 - 2011) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Ingens hundar: svensk konst genom hundra år (1998) Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Signatures, inscriptions and marks G.A-N Selected exhibition history Rosa segel. Svensk modernism i Moderna Museets samling (den 17 juni 2023 - den 3 augusti 2025) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Samlingsutställning 2004 - 2011 - I vår tid (2004 - 2011) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Ingens hundar: svensk konst genom hundra år (1998) Moderna Museet, Stockholm