Ronald Ahlstrom Art
American, 1922-2012
Ronald Ahlstrom was an American abstract artist, born in 1922. An adept and sensitive painter, his most personal work is as an abstract expressionist collage maker. Using strips of paper, sometimes weathered and beaten into rough-hewn surfaces, he creates immaculately layered, lively and gestural compositions. He has exhibited his artwork nationally, including shows at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, in Washington, DC, among others.
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Artist: Ronald Ahlstrom
Abstract Mixed Media Torn Paper Collage Pop Expressionist Painting
By Ronald Ahlstrom
Located in Surfside, FL
American Artist 1922 – 2012
Served his country as a Sergeant in World War II, both stateside and in the Philippines. After the war, native Chicagoan Ronald Ahlström graduated from the School of the Art Institute, He became a prominent Abstract Expressionist collage assemblage maker working in a style similar to some of the New York school assemblage artists such as Robert Goodnough. Utilizing cutout letters in a concrete poetry style. He frequently exhibited his collages and paintings in the Chicago and Vicinity exhibits of the 1950s and 1960s. He worked as the curator of the Tacoma Art Museum in Tacoma WA during the early 1960s. He showed at Exhibition Momentum in the ’60s, and was selected for the Corcoran Biennial. Together with his colleagues and fellow-abstractionists Robert Nickle, Morris Barazani, Harry Bouras, George Kokines, and George Waite, he exhibited at McCormick Place in an independently produced survey of contemporary Chicagoans, circa 1962, under the banner 12 Chicago Artists. An adept and sensitive painter, Ahlström’s most personal work is as an abstract expressionist collage maker. Using strips of paper, sometimes weathered and beaten into rough hewn surfaces, he creates immaculately layered, lively, gestural compositions. He was the recipient of many art awards and prizes throughout his long career. His works are part of numerous private, corporate and museum collections. His work was published in many national and international art publications including Who's Who in America and Who's Who in American Art. he taught art at both high school and college level. His other passions included history, literature and music. He was an accomplished base fiddle and guitar player and often played professionally in clubs during the late 1940s and 1950s. In 1958, he was awarded the William H. Bartels Prize of five hundred dollars at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Education:
Art Institute of Chicago
University of Chicago
DePaul University
Exhibitions:
Art Institute of Chicago Annuals,
Corcoran Biennial in Washington DC,
12 Chicago Artists
50 Chicago Artists
European Exhibit at the US Information Agency
Collage and Construction, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
Tacoma Art Museum, Washington
Henry Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle
50th Northwestern Annual, Seattle Art Museum,
Chicago Invitational, University of Illinois
One Man Exhibits:
Rockford College, Rockford Il.
Barat College, Lake Forest Il.
Rodger Wilson Gallery, Chicago, Il.
Touchstone Gallery, New York, NY.
Joseph Faulkner, Main Street Galleries, Chicago, Il.
Zriny Galleries, Chicago Il.
Awards:
Clyde Carr Prize, Art Institute of Chicago
William H. Bartels Prize, Art Institute of Chicago
James Broadus Clark Prize, Art Institute of Chicago
Alumni of Art Institute Prize
Singer and Sons Prize, Navy Pier, Chicago
Abel Fagan Prize, Festival of Fine Arts, Lake Forest, Il.
Ford Foundation Purchase Prize, Seattle, Wa.
Collections:
Art Institute of Chicago
Barat College
Tacoma Art Museum, Wa.
Phibrook Art Center, Tulsa, Ok.
Blue-Cross Collection, Chicago, Il.
Atlantic Richfield Collection
Illinois Bell Telephone Collection
Container Corporation of...
Category
20th Century Abstract Expressionist Ronald Ahlstrom Art
Materials
Paint, Paper, Mixed Media
Abstract Mixed Media Torn Paper Collage Pop Expressionist Painting
By Ronald Ahlstrom
Located in Surfside, FL
American Artist 1922 – 2012
Served his country as a Sergeant in World War II, both stateside and in the Philippines. After the war, native Chicagoan Ronald Ahlström graduated from the School of the Art Institute, He became a prominent Abstract Expressionist collage assemblage maker working in a style similar to some of the New York school assemblage artists such as Robert Goodnough. Utilizing cutout letters in a concrete poetry style. He frequently exhibited his collages and paintings in the Chicago and Vicinity exhibits of the 1950s and 1960s. He worked as the curator of the Tacoma Art Museum in Tacoma WA during the early 1960s. He showed at Exhibition Momentum in the ’60s, and was selected for the Corcoran Biennial. Together with his colleagues and fellow-abstractionists Robert Nickle, Morris Barazani, Harry Bouras, George Kokines, and George Waite, he exhibited at McCormick Place in an independently produced survey of contemporary Chicagoans, circa 1962, under the banner 12 Chicago Artists. An adept and sensitive painter, Ahlström’s most personal work is as an abstract expressionist collage maker. Using strips of paper, sometimes weathered and beaten into rough hewn surfaces, he creates immaculately layered, lively, gestural compositions. He was the recipient of many art awards and prizes throughout his long career. His works are part of numerous private, corporate and museum collections. His work was published in many national and international art publications including Who's Who in America and Who's Who in American Art. he taught art at both high school and college level. His other passions included history, literature and music. He was an accomplished base fiddle and guitar player and often played professionally in clubs during the late 1940s and 1950s. In 1958, he was awarded the William H. Bartels Prize of five hundred dollars at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Education:
Art Institute of Chicago
University of Chicago
DePaul University
Exhibitions:
Art Institute of Chicago Annuals,
Corcoran Biennial in Washington DC,
12 Chicago Artists
50 Chicago Artists
European Exhibit at the US Information Agency
Collage and Construction, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
Tacoma Art Museum, Washington
Henry Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle
50th Northwestern Annual, Seattle Art Museum,
Chicago Invitational, University of Illinois
One Man Exhibits:
Rockford College, Rockford Il.
Barat College, Lake Forest Il.
Rodger Wilson Gallery, Chicago, Il.
Touchstone Gallery, New York, NY.
Joseph Faulkner, Main Street Galleries, Chicago, Il.
Zriny Galleries, Chicago Il.
Awards:
Clyde Carr Prize, Art Institute of Chicago
William H. Bartels Prize, Art Institute of Chicago
James Broadus Clark Prize, Art Institute of Chicago
Alumni of Art Institute Prize
Singer and Sons Prize, Navy Pier, Chicago
Abel Fagan Prize, Festival of Fine Arts, Lake Forest, Il.
Ford Foundation Purchase Prize, Seattle, Wa.
Collections:
Art Institute of Chicago
Barat College
Tacoma Art Museum, Wa.
Phibrook Art Center, Tulsa, Ok.
Blue-Cross Collection, Chicago, Il.
Atlantic Richfield Collection
Illinois Bell Telephone Collection
Container Corporation of...
Category
20th Century Abstract Expressionist Ronald Ahlstrom Art
Materials
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Ronald Ahlstrom "Untitled", mixed media collage on
By Ronald Ahlstrom
Located in Glenview, IL
"Untitled Collage" by American artist Ronald Ahlstrom (1922 - 2012) is an abstract mixed media collage on Crescent Fredrix canvas board. It is a geometric piece with several juxtapos...
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Ronald Ahlstrom "La Dolce Vita", mixed media collage on canvas board
By Ronald Ahlstrom
Located in Glenview, IL
"La Dolce Vita" by American artist Ronald Ahlstrom (1922 - 2012) is an abstract mixed media collage on canvas board created sometime in the 90's. It is a geometric piece with a multi...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Ronald Ahlstrom Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Ronald Ahlstrom "Portrait of Young Woman", mixed media collage on canvas board
By Ronald Ahlstrom
Located in Glenview, IL
"Portrait of a Young Woman" by American artist Ronald Ahlstrom (1922 - 2012) is an abstract mixed media collage on canvas board created sometime in the 90's. It is a geometric piece ...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Ronald Ahlstrom Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Ronald Ahlstrom "Untitled Collage", mixed media collage on Fredrix canvas board
By Ronald Ahlstrom
Located in Glenview, IL
"Untitled Collage" by American artist Ronald Ahlstrom (1922 - 2012) is an abstract mixed media collage on canvas board created sometime in the 70's. The abstract piece is composed of...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Ronald Ahlstrom Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Ronald Ahlstrom "Bundle", mixed media on board
By Ronald Ahlstrom
Located in Glenview, IL
"Bundle" by American artist Ronald Ahlstrom is an abstract mixed media on board created sometime in the '80's. The artwork was created using a variety of materials including oil, twi...
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1980s Abstract Ronald Ahlstrom Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Ronald Ahlstrom "Untitled Acrylic Collage", mixed media on board
By Ronald Ahlstrom
Located in Glenview, IL
"Untitled Acrylic Collage" by American artist Ronald Ahlstrom is an abstract mixed media collage on board created sometime in the '80's.
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Ronald Alstom "Untitled Collage", abstract mixed media collage on canvas board
By Ronald Ahlstrom
Located in Glenview, IL
"Untitled Collage" by American artist Ronald Ahlstrom (1922 - 2012) is an abstract mixed media collage on canvas board created sometime in the 80's. It is a geometric piece with seve...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Ronald Ahlstrom Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Ronald Ahlstrom "Untitled Collage", abstract mixed media collage on canvas board
By Ronald Ahlstrom
Located in Glenview, IL
"Untitled Collage" by American artist Ronald Ahlstrom (1922 - 2012) is an abstract mixed media collage on canvas board created sometime in the 90's. It is a geometric piece with a mu...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Ronald Ahlstrom Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Ronald Ahlstrom "Untitled Collage", abstract mixed media collage on canvas board
By Ronald Ahlstrom
Located in Glenview, IL
"Untitled Collage" by American artist Ronald Ahlstrom (1922 - 2012) is an abstract mixed media collage on canvas board created sometime in the 80's. It is a geometric piece with seve...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Ronald Ahlstrom Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Abstract with Text
By Ronald Ahlstrom
Located in Los Angeles, CA
RONALD AHLSTROM
"ABSTRACT IN WITH TEXT"
ACRYLIC AND COLLAGE ON CANVASBOARD, SIGNED
AMERICAN. C.1970
18 X 24 INCHES
Ronald Ahlström
1922-2012
Born in Chicago, Ronald Ahlström graduated from the School of the Art Institute, where he frequently exhibited his collages and paintings in the Chicago and Vicinity exhibits of the 1950s and 1960s.
He also showed at Exhibition Momentum in the ’60s, and was selected for the Corcoran Biennial. Together with his colleagues and fellow-abstractionists Robert Nickle, Morris Barazani, Harry Bouras, George Kokines, and George Waite, he exhibited at McCormick Place in an independently produced survey of contemporary Chicagoans, circa 1962, under the banner 12 Chicago Artists.
An adept and sensitive painter, Ahlström’s most personal work is as an abstract expressionist collage maker. Using strips of paper, sometimes weathered and beaten into rough hewn surfaces, he creates immaculately layered, lively, gestural compositions.
Education:
Art Institute of Chicago
University of Chicago
DePaul University
Exhibitions:
Art Institute of Chicago Annuals, 27 Corcoran Biennial in Washington DC, 12 Chicago Artists, 50 Chicago Artists European Exhibit at the US Information Agency, College and Construction, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, Chicago Artist’s 1963, Tacoma Art Museum, Washington, Henry Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, 50th Northwestern Annual, Seattle Art Museum, Chicago Invitational, University of Illinois, and many more.
One Man Exhibits:
Rockford College, Rockford Il.
Barat College, Lake Forest Il.
Rodger Wilson Gallery, Chicago, Il.
Touchstone Gallery, New York, NY.
Joseph Faulkner, Main Street Galleries, Chicago, Il.
Zriny Galleries, Chicago Il.
Awards:
Clyde Carr Prize, Art Institute of Chicago
William H. Bartels Prize, Art Institute of Chicago
James Broadus Clark Prize, Art Institute of Chicago
Alumni of Art Institute Prize
Singer and Sons Prize, Navy Pier, Chicago
Abel Fagan Prize, Festival of Fine Arts, Lake Forest, Il.
Ford Foundation Purchase Prize, Seattle, Wa.
Collections:
Art Institute of Chicago
Barat College
Tacoma Art Museum, Wa.
Phibrook Art Center, Tulsa, Ok.
Blue-Cross Collection, Chicago, Il.
Atlantic Richfield Collection
Illinois Bell Telephone Collection
Container Corporation of America Collection
Gutenberg Museum, Mainz, Germany
Playboy Enterprises, Chicago, Il.
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.
Art Collection 1st National Bank, Chicago
And many private collections
Publications:
Who’s Who in America
Who’s Who in American Art
Who’s Who of Midwest Art...
Category
1970s Abstract Ronald Ahlstrom Art
Materials
Acrylic
Ronald Ahlstrom "Untitled Collage", mixed media on canvas board
By Ronald Ahlstrom
Located in Glenview, IL
"Untitled Collage" by American artist Ronald Ahlstrom (1922 - 2012) is an abstract mixed media collage on canvas board created sometime in the 70's. It is a geometric piece with seve...
Category
1970s Abstract Ronald Ahlstrom Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Ronald Ahlstrom "Untitled III", mixed media on board
By Ronald Ahlstrom
Located in Glenview, IL
"Untitled III" by American artist Ronald Ahlstrom is an abstract mixed media on board created sometime in the '80's. The artwork was created using a variety of materials including oi...
Category
1980s Abstract Ronald Ahlstrom Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Ronald Ahlstrom "Untitled IV", mixed media on board
By Ronald Ahlstrom
Located in Glenview, IL
Untitled IIV" by American artist Ronald Ahlstrom is an abstract mixed media on board created sometime in the '80's. The artwork was created using a variety of materials including oil...
Category
1980s Abstract Ronald Ahlstrom Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Ronald Ahlstrom "White Collage", mixed media on plywood
By Ronald Ahlstrom
Located in Glenview, IL
"White Collage" by American artist Ronald Ahlstrom is an abstract mixed media on plywood created sometime in the late '90's. The artwork was created usin...
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1990s Abstract Ronald Ahlstrom Art
Materials
Mixed Media
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Served his country as a Sergeant in World War II, both stateside and in the Philippines. After the war, native Chicagoan Ronald Ahlström graduated from the School of the Art Institute, He became a prominent Abstract Expressionist collage assemblage maker working in a style similar to some of the New York school assemblage artists such as Robert Goodnough. Utilizing cutout letters in a concrete poetry style. He frequently exhibited his collages and paintings in the Chicago and Vicinity exhibits of the 1950s and 1960s. He worked as the curator of the Tacoma Art Museum in Tacoma WA during the early 1960s. He showed at Exhibition Momentum in the ’60s, and was selected for the Corcoran Biennial. Together with his colleagues and fellow-abstractionists Robert Nickle, Morris Barazani, Harry Bouras, George Kokines, and George Waite, he exhibited at McCormick Place in an independently produced survey of contemporary Chicagoans, circa 1962, under the banner 12 Chicago Artists. An adept and sensitive painter, Ahlström’s most personal work is as an abstract expressionist collage maker. Using strips of paper, sometimes weathered and beaten into rough hewn surfaces, he creates immaculately layered, lively, gestural compositions. He was the recipient of many art awards and prizes throughout his long career. His works are part of numerous private, corporate and museum collections. His work was published in many national and international art publications including Who's Who in America and Who's Who in American Art. he taught art at both high school and college level. His other passions included history, literature and music. He was an accomplished base fiddle and guitar player and often played professionally in clubs during the late 1940s and 1950s. In 1958, he was awarded the William H. Bartels Prize of five hundred dollars at the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Located in Surfside, FL
American Artist 1922 – 2012
Served his country as a Sergeant in World War II, both stateside and in the Philippines. After the war, native Chicagoan Ronald Ahlström graduated from the School of the Art Institute, He became a prominent Abstract Expressionist collage assemblage maker working in a style similar to some of the New York school assemblage artists such as Robert Goodnough. Utilizing cutout letters in a concrete poetry style. He frequently exhibited his collages and paintings in the Chicago and Vicinity exhibits of the 1950s and 1960s. He worked as the curator of the Tacoma Art Museum in Tacoma WA during the early 1960s. He showed at Exhibition Momentum in the ’60s, and was selected for the Corcoran Biennial. Together with his colleagues and fellow-abstractionists Robert Nickle, Morris Barazani, Harry Bouras, George Kokines, and George Waite, he exhibited at McCormick Place in an independently produced survey of contemporary Chicagoans, circa 1962, under the banner 12 Chicago Artists. An adept and sensitive painter, Ahlström’s most personal work is as an abstract expressionist collage maker. Using strips of paper, sometimes weathered and beaten into rough hewn surfaces, he creates immaculately layered, lively, gestural compositions. He was the recipient of many art awards and prizes throughout his long career. His works are part of numerous private, corporate and museum collections. His work was published in many national and international art publications including Who's Who in America and Who's Who in American Art. he taught art at both high school and college level. His other passions included history, literature and music. He was an accomplished base fiddle and guitar player and often played professionally in clubs during the late 1940s and 1950s. In 1958, he was awarded the William H. Bartels Prize of five hundred dollars at the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Cubist Portrait
By Ronald Ahlstrom
Located in Los Angeles, CA
RONALD AHLSTROM
"CUBIST PORTRAIT #5"
ACRYLIC ON CANVASBOARD, SIGNED
AMERICAN. C.1970
24 X 18 INCHES
Ronald Ahlström
1922-2012
Born in Chicago, R...
Category
1970s Cubist Ronald Ahlstrom Art
Materials
Acrylic
ABSTRACT WITH BEIGE AND YELLOW
By Ronald Ahlstrom
Located in Los Angeles, CA
RONALD AHLSTROM
"ABSTRACT WITH BEIGE AND YELLOW"
ACRYLIC AND COLLAGE ON CANVASBOARD, SIGNED
AMERICAN. C.1970
20 X 24 INCHES
Ronald Ahlström
1922-2012
Born in Chicago, Ronald Ah...
Category
1970s Abstract Ronald Ahlstrom Art
Materials
Acrylic
Abstract Compsition
By Ronald Ahlstrom
Located in Los Angeles, CA
RONALD AHLSTROM
ABSTRACT COMPOSITIOIN
ACRYLIC AND COLLAGE ON CANVASBOARD, SIGNED
AMERICAN. C.1960
20 X 24 INCHES
Ronald Ahlström
1922-2012
Born in Chicago, Ronald Ahlström ...
Category
1960s Abstract Ronald Ahlstrom Art
Materials
Acrylic
Geometric Abstract
By Ronald Ahlstrom
Located in Los Angeles, CA
RONALD AHLSTROM
"ABSTRACT STILL LIFE"
ACRYLIC AND COLLAGE ON CANVASBOARD, SIGNED
AMERICAN. C.1960
18 x 24 INCHES
Ronald Ahlström
1922-2012
Born in Chicago, Ronald Ah...
Category
1960s Abstract Ronald Ahlstrom Art
Materials
Acrylic
Abstract with Letters
By Ronald Ahlstrom
Located in Los Angeles, CA
RONALD AHLSTROM
"ABSTRACT WITH LETTERS"
ACRYLIC AND COLLAGE ON CANVASBOARD, SIGNED
AMERICAN. C.1960
16 X 20 INCHES
Ronald Ahlström
1922-2012
...
Category
1960s Abstract Ronald Ahlstrom Art
Materials
Acrylic
Abstract Still Life
By Ronald Ahlstrom
Located in Los Angeles, CA
RONALD AHLSTROM
"ABSTRACT STILL LIFE"
ACRYLIC AND COLLAGE ON CANVASBOARD, SIGNED
AMERICAN. C.1960
24 X 18 INCHES
Ronald Ahlström
1922-2012
Bo...
Category
1960s Ronald Ahlstrom Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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