Blue and red monsters, hand-signed numbered lithograph, Bengt Lindström

Blue and red monsters - hand-signed numbered lithograph - bengt lindström - ea. 76 X 54 cm. Bengt lindström. Bengt lindström began his artistic training by attending the stockholm academy (1944-1945) and the painting school of isaac grünewald. He then drew with aksel jorgensen in copenhagen in 1946, before spending time in chicago (1946-1947) and settling in paris. There, he worked in the workshops of fernand léger and andré lhote1, 2. In 1949, he embarked on a less figurative painting, more and more colorful. He had his first solo exhibition in sweden in 1954 at the gummesson art salon. From the 1950s, he participated in several group exhibitions and salons in paris (réalités nouvelles; october salon). Although often formally related to cobra painting and friend of jorn, the artist claims rather the nordic painting of nolde, munch or ensor3. He is also influenced by folk art, sami mythology and shamans of the far north.