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Mid-Century New York School, Cubist Watercolour and Gouache. View to the Farm.

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Olle Nordmark
Mid-Century New York School, Cubist Watercolour and Gouache. View to the Farm.
1953

About the Item

Mid-century watercolour and gouache on paper of a view to a farm by Swedish artist Olle Nordmark. Signed and dated 1953 to the bottom right and to the reverse with an atelier stamp. Presented in a period gold wooden frame under glass. Nordmark was noted for his incredible works in colour and this painting is no exception. Highly colourful with a strong cubist form this painting has great energy. The viewer is taken on a journey from the relative shade of an imposing tree layered in varied greens through a bright clearing of a field to a farmhouse, its roof lit up by a bright sun all under a beautiful blue sky. The painting speaks of a lovely rural landscape in early summer. Fresh and verdant, an uplifting painting. Because of its date this work was probably completed during his time in and around New York. Olle Emanuel Nordmark (May 25, 1890 – December 18, 1973) was a Swedish painter and muralist born in Nordanholen at Mockfjärd parish. He was focused on an art career from an early age. After emigrating in 1924 to the United States to gain more work opportunities, he lived there for 40 years. Living mostly in New York City, he produced numerous murals and frescos for private commissions. In 1964, he emigrated to France, where he lived until his death. Nordmark started to draw and paint at an early age. His first teacher was his father, but in 1901 he met painter Gustaf Ankarcrona in Leksand, who taught him the basics. At the age of 15, Nordmark had decided that he was going to be an artist. He continued his studies at Althin's School of Painting in Stockholm, where he trained in fresco painting. After his studies, Nordmark created murals and decorative paintings for private homes and churches in Sweden. While working, he became more interested in creating theatrical scenery. In 1917, he traveled to Moscow to study theatrical scenery. The next year, he returned to Stockholm, where he started to work with set designers and to create drawings for costumes. He worked for, among others, theatres such as Södra Teatern, Stora Teatern, the Folkan, the Oscars Teatern, and the Royal Swedish Opera. Nordmark lived and worked in Stockholm until 1924. Meanwhile, he became a well-known and respected designer of stage sets. His works were very imaginative, beautiful and colorful. Nordmark also worked with Karl Gerhard on sets for 22 productions. During his time in Stockholm, he also worked as the head of Grabowska, a decorative painting workshop at Karlavägen. He arranged a number of displays in the news-office window of Svenska Dagbladet for clients such as Barnängen and Finbruken. Nordmark decorated several churches, such as Engelbrektskyrkan, Saltsjöbadskyrkan, churches in Borås and Karlskrona, and the wedding hall in Stockholm Court House. In 1924, Nordmark provided helped restore the church in Mockfjärd, contributing his work for free (pro bono) because of his love for his homestead. The same year, he started to paint a portrait of Gädd Lars Holmberg, which he finished in the US. He donated the painting to the church in Mockfjärd. To acquire more knowledge within his field, he made several study trips on the European continent to nations including France, Germany, Italy, and Russia. In 1924, he emigrated to the United States to seek more work opportunities than Sweden could offer him. He lived there until 1964 when he moved to France. In the United States, his work was noticed by leading Broadway theater directors, and he created some sets for productions. Mostly he worked on private commissions for mural paintings in New York. Known interior designs made by him are in the American Swedish Historical Museum and the John Ericsson Room in the John Morton Memorial Building in Philadelphia, narthex ceiling of the First Swedish Baptist Church of New York and the Swedish Room at the University of Pittsburgh. Nordmark also participated in several exhibitions, including one at the Brooklyn Museum in 1932 and another at the Delphic Studios in New York. He wrote the books Modern Methods and Techniques for Painting in Fresco and Secco (1947) and Course in Beginning Oil Painting (1960). Nordmark died at the end of 1973 in France.

Creator:
Olle Nordmark
Creation Year:
1953
Dimensions:
Height: 24.02 in (61 cm)Width: 18.12 in (46 cm)Depth: 0.6 in (1.5 cm)
Medium:
Paper,Watercolor,Gouache
Movement & Style:
American Modern
Period:
Mid-20th Century
Condition:
Light foxing and to the mount.
Gallery Location:
Cotignac, FR
Reference Number:
Seller: LG/Nordmark/Paysage.1stDibs: LU1430214590992

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