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Cowboy och hästar
© Gösta Adrian-Nilsson/Bildupphovsrätt 2026
Cowboy och hästar
Cowboy och hästar
Photo: Tobias Fischer/Moderna Museet

Cowboy och hästar

by Gösta Adrian-Nilsson
Artist (Sverige, 1884 - 1965)
Alternate Title
  • Cowboy and Horses
Date1918
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsBildmått: 129 × 104 cm Ram: 140 × 120 cm
Classification
Countries
Credit LineInköp 1980
Object NumberMOM 156
The artwork is on outgoing loan
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 Ingens hundar: svensk konst genom hundra år (1998) Moderna Museet, Stockholm 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 Bibliography Ahlstrand, Jan Torsten, GAN, Signum, Lund 1985, ill. s 127 GAN Gösta Adrian Nilsson 1884-1965, Liljevalchs konsthall, Stockholm 1984 och Malmö konsthall, Malmö 1984.