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Milly Ristvedt
Mott Composition - large, bright, blue, geometric abstraction, acrylic on canvas

2018

$16,500
£12,671.29
€14,521.14
CA$23,227.92
A$26,020.41
CHF 13,559.01
MX$317,395.29
NOK 172,303.86
SEK 162,470.26
DKK 108,381.83

About the Item

This masterful canvas demonstrates Ristvedt's elegant aesthetic control and points to the emotional potential of color.  Strong rounds of sun yellow, turquoise, sapphire and sienna hover over a ground of cerulean.   Milly Ristvedt (b. 1942, Kimberley, BC) MA, RCA, began her career in Toronto in 1964 after studies with Takao Tanabe at the Vancouver School of Art. At 24, her work was included in the Centennial Exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario and featured at the National Gallery of Canada. She was chosen for prestigious exhibitions in Winnipeg, Paris and Lausanne. By 1969, Ristvedt was painting large canvases, sharing a studio with Jack Bush and showing with the Carmen Lamanna Gallery. That same year, Barry Lord observed in Art in America that Ristvedt’s paintings were “…more insistent than Bush, more consciously structured than Molinari.” Over her long career, Ristvedt has had over 50 solo exhibitions. A advocate for artist's rights, Ristvedt was awarded the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012. She completed an MA in Art History at Queen's University in 2011. Ristvedt's abstract, acrylic canvases are held in private, corporate and public collections including the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal and Harvard University.
  • Creator:
    Milly Ristvedt (1942, Canadian)
  • Creation Year:
    2018
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 60 in (152.4 cm)Width: 60 in (152.4 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Bloomfield, CA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU2914942851

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