Cowboy och hästar

by Gösta Adrian-Nilsson

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

Sweden

Object NumberMOM 156

The artwork is not on display

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 Samlingsutställning 2004 - 2011 - I vår tid (2004 - 2011) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Rosa segel. Svensk modernism i Moderna Museets samling (den 17 juni 2023 - den 3 augusti 2025) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Ingens hundar: svensk konst genom hundra år (1998) Moderna Museet, Stockholm

Works by the artist