Colour lithograph on Fabriano paper, Hardy Strid, 1950s

Description

Colour lithograph on Fabriano paper, Hardy Strid, 1950s

Hardy Strid, 1950s
Colour lithograph on Fabriano paper
No. 52/91
The work is signed by the artist and individually numbered in pencil
Sheet dimensions: 40/45
Unframed

Hardy Bertil Roland Stridh was born on 6 July 1921 in Haverdal and died on 27 March 2012 in Halmstad. He was a Swedish painter, illustrator, graphic artist and glass artist. Stridh initially trained as a professional painter and studied easel painting. At the end of the 1930s, he experimented with paintings in the style of the Halmstad Group. He received instruction in drawing from Waldemar Lorentzon, Uno Liljegren and Bengt Berglund. He subsequently undertook study trips to France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain and Morocco, as well as to England, where he created stained-glass windows for Tom Faers. His work was shown at the Colour Lithography Biennale in Cincinnati in 1954, Zwanzig Westschwedische Maler in Lübeck in 1955, Ten Swedish Painters in Edinburgh, as well as at a number of Swedish group exhibitions in various locations and exhibitions organised by Hallands Konstförening and Halmstads Konstnärerlubb. For Folkets Hus in Halmstad, he completed the monumental commission Gjuteriet, a moderately Cubist tempera painting with great depth. In Kortedala, in 1957, he created a large decorative exterior painting, and for the Martin Luther Church in Halmstad he painted a series of window paintings. He painted three stained-glass windows for Skee Church, where he created a cross-shaped lattice. His art consists of still lifes, Cubist motifs, landscapes and figures executed in oils, watercolours, gouache, tempera and several different graphic techniques, as well as enamel painting and sculptures in glass or marble. He was one of the initiators of the founding of the Drawing Museum in Laholm. His works can be viewed at the Moderna Museum in Stockholm, the Museum in Gothenburg, the Museum in Kalmar, Norrköping, the Cincinnati Art Museum and Silkeborgs Museum.

Fabriano Artistico watercolour paper is mould-made and produced from 100% cotton, without chlorine or acids, guaranteeing long-lasting durability and stability over time. The paper is sized both internally and externally, making it ideally absorbent while retaining its character, even when scratched. Traditional white, without optical brighteners.

The work is in original vintage condition.