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Egyptiskt kupolhus
Egyptiskt kupolhus
Egyptiskt kupolhus
Photo: Juan Luis Sánchez/Moderna Museet

Egyptiskt kupolhus

by Ivan Aguéli
Artist (Sverige, 1869 - 1917)
Alternate Title
  • Egyptian Domed House
Dateca 1914
MediumTempera on canvas
DimensionsBildmått: 21,5 × 30,5 cm Ram: 32,5 × 41 × 4 cm
Classification
Countries
Credit LineDonation 1920 från Anna Aguéli
Object NumberNM 2201
The artwork is not on display
About the artwork Ivan Aguéli was an artist, linguist, writer, anarchist and animal rights activist, who was born in Sala. He lived for many years in Egypt, where he studied religion and was initiated into a Sufi order. Sufism is a form of Muslim mysticism, which teaches that God is in everything and is everything. Divine light is a central concept in Aguéli’s paintings, and the contrast between dark and light is evened out in his motifs. In The City in the Hills, we can make out buildings on the horizon. And yet, the painting is almost entirely abstract. Egyptian Domed House and Boats on the Nile were painted when the First World War broke out. The apparent tranquillity of these scenes is counteracted by the tension in the interplay of colour and form. Selected exhibition history Ingens hundar: svensk konst genom hundra år (1998) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Scenbyte: verk ur Moderna Museets Samling av Dardel, Matisse, Abdul-Hadi, Hjertén och Léger m.fl. (den 15 oktober 2011 - den 5 februari 2012) Moderna Museet Malmö Ivan Aguéli (den 15 juni 2002 - den 18 augusti 2002) Borås Konstmuseum Samlingsutställning 2019-2022 (den 1 februari 2019 - den 27 augusti 2023) Moderna Museet, Stockholm 10 historier - svensk konst 1910-1945 ur Moderna Museets samling (2007) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Klee / Aguéli (den 16 januari 2016 - den 24 april 2016) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Den tidiga modernismen: 1900-1920 ur Moderna Museets samling (den 19 mars 2011 - den 2 oktober 2011) Moderna Museet Malmö Samlingsutställning 2010 - Ivan Aguéli och Bill Viola (2010) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Särskilda verk ur den svenska samlingen (1993-1994) Moderna Museet, Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues 10 historier : svensk konst 1910-1945 ur Moderna Museets samling : [2/6 - 9/9 2007]Klee/Aguéli : [Moderna Museet Stockholm 16/1-24/4 2016] Bibliography Vandringsutställning nr 87, Statens Konstmuseer 1986, s 13, kat. nr 33. Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde, Stockholm 1984, s 42, kat. nr 41. Centre Culturel Suedois, Paris 1983, s 20, kat. nr 27. Norrköpings konstmuseum, Norrköping 1980, s. 24, kat. nr 82, ill.s 25. Thielska Galleriet, Stockholm 1975, kat. nr 3. Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Göteborg 1957, s 18, kat. nr 56. Galerie Blanche, Stockholm 1957, s 18, kat. nr 48. Konstsamlingarna i Ateneum, Helsingfors 1948, s 38, kat. nr 41. Konstnärshuset, Stockholm 1947, s 12, kat. nr 92. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm 1939, s 14 kat. nr 89.