Kärlekssaga: Genklang
by Carl Kylberg
Artist
Carl Kylberg
(Sverige, 1878 - 1952)
Alternate Title
- Love Story: Resonance
Date1945-1946
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsBildmått: 91 × 110 cm
Ram: 115 × 133,5 cm
Classification
Countries
Credit LineInköp 1975
Object NumberNM 6617:C
The artwork is not on display
About the artworkCarl Kylberg celebrated colour as his primary means of expression. In the 1920s, he began painting biblical scenes and also studied Indian philosophy. Many of his works have an obvious religious and existential content. In Love Saga the painting in the middle is bathed in golden light. The exalted subtitles and archaic figures add to the ethereal mood. Kylberg's paintings perplexed the contemporary establishment and encountered resistance. Others, including the young painters who later became known as the Gothenburg colourists, were fascinated and inspired.
Selected exhibition history
Ingens hundar: svensk konst genom hundra år (1998)
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Jan Håfströms urval ur MM:s samlingar (1994-1995)
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Samlingsutställning 2004 - 2011 - I vår tid (2004 - 2011)
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Carl Kylberg. Teckningar och akvareller (1976)
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues
Carl Kylberg : [Moderna Museet : 21/8-10/10 1976]