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Bengt Lindstrom - Sweden

Art Brokerage: Bengt Lindstrom Sweden Artist: b. 1925-2008. He was born in Storsjo Kappell, Sweden. He attends the Isaac Grunewald (pupil of Matisse) Art School in Stockholm , the Copenhagen School of Fine Arts from 1944-1946, the Art Institute of Chicago, then trains under artists Fernand Leger in 1947 and Andre Lhote in Paris from 1947-1948. The first canvases of Bengt Lindstrom, portraits and self-portraits, are figurative. His first solo exhibition is organized in Stockholm in 1954. He makes friends with Bogart, Marfaing, Maryan and Pouget, and later Asger Jorn of whom he will have a certain influence. Lindstrom participates in numerous collective exhibitions in France and abroad. Over a period of several years, the painter produces a portrait gallery of writers and philosophers, such as Oscar Wilde, Gide, Claude Levi-Strauss, etc. He paints landscapes inspired by his memories of the harsh landscape of northern Sweden and mythological figures of Scandinavia and Lapland. In the 80's, Lindstrom sculpts small papier-mâché Heads that he paints, and jewelry. In 1948 he discovers the engraved works of Chagall and the first Popes of Francis Bacon, Lindstrom produces during this period his first lithographs. Listings wanted by Art Brokerage.