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Bengt DeleforsMid Century Modern Swedish Abstract Still Life Oil Painting -Constructed Balance1960s
1960s
$1,862.59
£1,360
€1,597.83
CA$2,612.38
A$2,865.09
CHF 1,477.65
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NOK 18,741.04
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About the Item
CONSTRUCTED BALANCE
Size: 50 x 40 cm (including frame)
Oil on board
A mid-century modernist abstract oil composition, painted by the established Swedish artist Bengt Delefors (1917-1996), whose works have been exhibited in public collections including the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, The Museum of Art in Gothenburg, Borås Art Museum, and others.
This abstract still life composition has been reduced to bold, geometric forms and overlapping planes of colour. A circular form rests against angular shapes, suggesting the presence of everyday objects reimagined through abstraction. The composition is carefully balanced, with diagonal strokes introducing movement across the canvas.
Executed in a distinctly mid-century abstract style, the work embraces simplification and geometric reduction, drawing on the principles of Cubism while leaning into a modernist emphasis on form and structure over representation.
The palette is earthy yet dynamic, dominated by deep greens, muted browns, and bold blocks of red, offset by neutral tones of beige and cream. The interplay of darker and lighter hues creates depth and tonal contrast, giving the surface both rhythm and solidity.
The brushwork is confident and expressive, with areas of thickly applied paint and visible strokes that enhance the painting’s sense of immediacy and physical presence. The layering of opaque and semi-opaque colours builds a structured, tactile surface.
This oil on board is presented in a characterful wood frame. The painting and frame is in excellent vintage condition, and the frame has scuffs.
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- Creator:Bengt Delefors (1917 - 1996, Swedish)
- Creation Year:1960s
- Dimensions:Height: 19.69 in (50 cm)Width: 15.75 in (40 cm)
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- Condition:This oil on board is presented in a characterful wood frame. The painting and frame is in excellent vintage condition, and the frame has scuffs.
- Gallery Location:Bristol, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1869217063982
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