Bengt Lindström (1925-2008) is one of the major Swedish painters of the 20th century. Drawing from the wilderness of Lapland where he spent his childhood, his work was also nourished by the myths and legends of Scandinavian culture.
After studying at the School of Fine Arts in Stockholm and then Copenhagen, Lindström furthered his training in Paris, where he arrived in 1947, attending the studios of Fernand Leger and André Lhote. He became friends with Bogart, Marfaing, Maryan and Pouget, then Asger Jorn of the CoBRA movement, which would have a lasting influence on him. Bengt Lindström's practice was linked to action painting and abstract expressionism, and he made a name for himself by exhibiting with the group La Nouvelle Figuration in 1962, Galerie Mathias Feld, then by collaborating with the Galerie Ariel in Paris. Spirited and exuberant, his style is immediately recognizable by its rich and thick material, applied with broad brush strokes, in vibrant greens, bright reds, intense yellows and luminous whites.
Bengt Lindström (1925-2008)
Losses, 1963
Oil on canvas
10 000 / 15 000 €
While he paints landscapes marked by the great landscapes of the North, he is best known for his characters, reduced to heads, emerging from primitive magma. Establishing links between man, the divine and nature, Lindström's painting is part of the legacy of the great northern painters such as Ensor, Munch and Nolde.