ANDERS FOGELIN. “Söderhavet”, oil on panel, signed.

Frame dimensions 48 x 50 cm.

“The South Sea” is an excellent example of Anders Fogelin's expressive colorism. The composition is dense and rhythmic, filled with organic forms that most closely pulsate towards the viewer. The blue color dominates the picture, creating a deep, almost hypnotic sea space that is contrasted by intense batches of green, yellow, purple and pink. Fogelin's ability to construct landscapes through color clusters rather than linear outlines is reminiscent of how he often worked in his cityscapes, where movement and light were allowed to replace traditional perspective building. The composition is similar to the lithograph of the same name, printed in 360 copies and is possibly a model or variant of the lithograph.

Anders Fogelin was born in 1933 in Västervik and died in 1982. He grew up in Dingle in Bohuslän and trained at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm from 1954 to 1960. Fogelin lived with the artist Evy Låås from 1952 until his death and co-founded the Evy Låås and Anders Fogelin Scholarship at the Royal Academy of the Free Arts.

Fogelin was a pronounced colorist. In his paintings, vibrant urban motifs reappear with people in motion and a spontaneous brushstroke that carries the paint. In his last years he lived in Spain, stayed for a period in Barcelona and, according to contemporary accounts, had an atelier in Miró's vicinity. He exhibited in Japan, Canada, Germany and Spain.

In public he is represented with decorations in Högdalen Hospital. In collections his works can be found at the National Museum, Moderna Museet, Kalmar Art Museum, Örebro County Council and at Swedish embassies, among others in Germany.