Ljus slätt

by Bertil Almlöf

Artist Bertil Almlöf (Sverige, 1930 - 2024)

Alternate Title

Bright Plain

Date2013

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsBildmått: 129,5 × 110,3 cm Yttermått: 130,8 × 111,7 × 3 cm

Classification

Paintings

Countries

Sweden

Credit LinePurchase 2021 (Swedish Acquisitions 2021)

Object NumberMOM/2021/436

CollectionsSvenska förvärv 2021

The artwork is not on display

About the artworkBertil Almlöf’s large oil painting is bathed in light. At first glance, it looks abstract, but the title suggests that it could be a landscape, if you want. Yellow is the dominating colour, but it is not a monochrome. Orange skies are there, and below we see areas of green. Plains are open, flat and treeless terrain that is typically grassy, airy and bright. They are sometimes called savannah or prairie, depending on where you are in the world. Almlöf is a painter and printmaker who studied at the Valand Academy in the 1950s. His artistic practice is characterised by landscapes in strong colours balancing between abstraction and figuration. Signatures, inscriptions and marks Signerad på framsidan i nedre vänstra hörnet: Bertil Almlöf -13 samt på dukens baksida: Bertil Almlöf, Påskrift på spännramen: "Ljus slätt" ("Sol över slätten"), Stämpel på kilramen: A GENUINE SWEDFRAME Mod.nr. 2765

Works by the artist