Good Art - Summer
Crafoord Auktioner Stockholm presents the theme auction Good Art, highlighting this month's selection of interesting artists and works. These pieces deserve to be part of a context and, hopefully, will adorn many walls.
We are promoting the arts by showcasing artists such as Olle Baertling, Karin Mamma Andersson, Herbert Gentry, Tora Vega Holmström, Lennart Jirlow, James Coignard, Erland Cullberg, Lars Jonsson, Pierre Olofsson, Lennart Olson, and a larger number of original works by Sven Lidberg and Gunnar Hållander. Other highlights include Jan Naliwajko's monumental painting Afrodite, Mona Huss Walin's panoramic view of Stockholm, and a collection of landscape paintings with works by Anton Genberg, Severin Nilson, Hermann Talvik, Emil Lindgren, Ante Karlsson-Stig, and Xylografen.
The name "Good Art" has been used in other contexts before. In 1941, the exhibition "GOOD ART IN EVERY HOME" opened under the direction of HSB. The aim of the exhibition was to promote good art in homes. The foreword of the catalog mentions that it is not enough to build good homes; art must also have its place. The main principle was to offer good art to a broader public at affordable prices. To ensure that the art was truly "good," a jury of well-known artists and art critics was engaged to review the artworks to be exhibited. As a result, it was possible to buy, for example, GAN's oil painting Berns 1918 for 5000 kronor, the tempera Ratten for 350 kronor, and Laboratorium for 500 kronor. Other names involved in the project "Art for the People" included Oskar Bergman, Einar Jolin, Arne Jones, Isaac Grünewald, Sixten Lundbohm, Erik, and Axel Olson. The exhibition's 10-year anniversary was showcased at Liljevalchs art gallery in Stockholm.
The same year, 1941, Gunnar Hjorthén (1913-1997) opened Galleri God Konst on Vallgatan in Gothenburg. He came to be regarded as somewhat of an institution in Gothenburg's art scene. The gallery eventually moved to Drottninggatan, Konserthuset, and Södra vägen. Hjorthén dedicated himself to promoting and highlighting "young art" with artists such as Ivan Ivarson, Karin Parrow, Ragnar Sandberg, and Inge Schiöler. Much thanks to Hjorthén and Galleri God Konst, Göteborgskolorismen became a recognized term. Like the Swedish-French Art Gallery, Hjorthén sought early on to Paris and facilitated the gallery's connection with new painting styles. In 1953, for example, Tsugoharu Foujita was exhibited.
Welcome to the viewing and let yourself be inspired.
Auction: June 16
Viewing: Crafoord Auktioner, Galoppvägen 3, Täby. Monday-Friday 1 PM - 5 PM and Saturday 11 AM - 2 PM.
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