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Milly RistvedtSystems #2 - modern, contemporary, abstract, acrylic on canvas2025
2025
$12,500
£9,513.62
€11,000.97
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This contemporary abstract painting by Milly Ristvedt is expressed in geometric form.
The power of pure colour and minimal form is masterfully displayed in this abstract painting by Milly Ristvedt.
For more than six decades, this remarkable artist has explored colour and form. In her early years as an artist, Ristvedt was described by Jack Bush, regarded as one of Canada’s foremost artists, as ‘ahead of her time.’ The visual language she has developed is uniquely her own. In this dynamic composition, overlapping squares of various sizes are rendered in striking colours. The palette is bright and modern—a central square of pale blue-green is surrounded by vivid orange, yellow, slate gray, mulberry, and light blue.
“Colour has been central to my explorations in painting from the beginning.” Milly Ristvedt
“In our contemporary moment of uncertainty, globalization and identity politics, colour with its infinite potential is accessible to everyone, is indifferent to any individual’s personal circumstance. It speaks to us across time, space and cultural differences.” Yvonne Lammerich, artist
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:2025
- Dimensions:Height: 49.5 in (125.73 cm)Width: 37.5 in (95.25 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Bloomfield, CA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU29116813132
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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