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Milly RistvedtBlue Ball Emma Lake - contemporary, minimalist, abstract, acrylic on paper1981
1981
$6,800
£5,131.77
€5,875.10
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This acrylic abstract landscape of a lake on paper is by Milly Ristvedt.
For fifty years, artists from all over the world came to take part in summer workshops at Emma Lake in Saskatchewan, held by the University. In the eighties, early in her career, Milly Ristvedt was one of those artists.
This compelling abstract image of a deep blue lake is surrounded by splashes of turquoise, pink, purple, green and yellow, the colours of summer.
The work during this period was more minimal in shape and often completed in several stages. Ristvedt says she was “more focused on the character and skeleton of gesture, and eventually, of a more horizontal/vertical orientation.”
“I don’t like to pin myself down. I like to keep all options open at all times. I pay attention to the obsessions of the moment if they are strong, and if they are not, I take a spontaneous, intuitive approach.” Milly Ristvedt
Milly Ristvedt was born in British Columbia and studied at the Vancouver School of Art (now the Emily Carr University). Her first solo exhibit was at the Carmen Lamanna Gallery in Toronto. In the late 1960s, Ristvedt shared a studio with famed Canadian painter Jack Bush, met art critic Clement Greenberg and was inspired by American painters Jules Olitski and Frank Stella. Her work has been included in many publications. She was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 2004 and honoured with the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012.
She has won seven Canada Council awards and two Ontario Arts Council awards, and has had over 50 solo exhibitions and been part of countless group shows. Ristvedt's work can be found in major public collections throughout North America, including the National Gallery of Canada.
- Creator:Milly Ristvedt (1942, Canadian)
- Creation Year:1981
- Dimensions:Height: 30 in (76.2 cm)Width: 44.5 in (113.03 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Bloomfield, CA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU29116798462
Milly Ristvedt
Milly Ristvedt, RCA, began her career in Toronto in 1964, after studies with Takao Tanabe at the Vancouver School of Art.
In Toronto, during the 1960s and 1970s, Ristvedt was making and exhibiting large-scale paintings alongside a small but defined group of non-figurative painters who, like Ristvedt, had planted roots in modernism. These roots continue to run deep for Ristvedt, who completed her MA in Art History at Queen's University in 2011 with a thesis that explored color in the grid of contemporary painting.
Ristvedt's paintings are part of private and public collections, including the Art Gallery of Ontario, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the Vancouver Art Gallery. She has had over 50 solo exhibitions. In 2012, Ristvedt received the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal for her service as an advocate for artists.
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