Raymer Society Consignment Art Auction
Lot 48:
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Engman, Pelle (1948-) Untitled 1987 girl and 1988 boy, 2 woodcuts, both pencil signed in lower right, good condition, no mats or frames, images sizes 15.75 x 19.25 inches. Pelle Engman , born October 2, 1948, in Sundsvall, is a Swedish artist . Since establishing himself in 1973, he has been active as a graphic artist , photographer and painter , with the emphasis on black and white woodcuts for the first 25 years. He made himself known through his down-to-earth images with very strong perspectives. Since 1997, color has taken over in the form of pastel , gouache , acrylic and mosaic. With a surreal visual world that can be experienced as a fairytale symbiosis between humans and animals. Pelle Engman has lived in the village of Långlet outside Mora since 1978 . During the last ten years, he has produced almost all of his pictures in the South of France in, among other places, the village of Haut De Cagnes. He established his French life in the early 1970s in the village of Collias, where he ended up after his studies in Stockholm and worked in the fields with the farmers for a few years.He has exhibited his works in museums, galleries and art galleries pretty much all over Sweden. Abroad, he has shown his art in the USA, Germany, Mexico, France and Russia.In the USA, he made several trips with his good friend, the wizard painter and botanist Rolf Lidberg . In addition to visits to the Swedish villages of Kansas, they together experienced a large number of National Parks in Arizona, Colorado, California, Montana, Wyoming and more.In 1990 he was invited to Russia by the clown Ruben for a charity exhibition. This triggered a five-year commitment and work for vulnerable children in orphanages and hospitals in the former Soviet Union, a work in which he received, among other things, strong support from his youth friend the journalist Malcolm Dixelius . In Russia, he collaborated, among other things, with the translator Tatsiana Dobronitskaja. During this period, the camera became an important tool, which led to photo exhibitions in Sweden and the USA. He also made a slideshow that he uses to lecture about the children in Russia. Through a revival in digital technology, photography has become an important part of Pelle Engman’s creation.
Condition: good condition, no mats or frames
Dimensions: 18.5 x 22 in
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