Richard Mortensen (1910 - 1993)
Composition in Blue
Title
Composition in Blue
Dating
1948
Material/Technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Mått 56,00 x 58,00 cm
Ram 62,00 x 60,00 x 3,50 cm
Category
Inventory number
GKM 1528
Acquisition
Gift of Ingmar and Rigmor Hamberg, 1959
Display Status
Not on display at the museum
Description
After he moved to Paris in 1947, Richard Mortensen soon turned to non-figurative painting. Composition in Blue was painted the following year. Here there are features of both art concret and a more lyrical abstraction. The colour fields are alternately clean and expressively painted, and are played out against each other and the blue background. Black lines form vertical, horizontal, and diagonal directions in the image.
Kristoffer Arvidsson
Signature/Inscription
Signature: Osign
Inscriptions: A t: 20 IV 48 RM. (monogram)