Woodcut, Vide Jansson, Träsnitt, 1960s

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Woodcut, Vide Jansson, Träsnitt, 1960s

Vide Jansson, Träsnitt
Woodcut
Work signed and titled by the artist (in pencil)
Work dimensions: 53/73
Framed

Vide Jansson was born in 1924 and died in 2007. He was a Swedish graphic artist, painter, and sculptor. Jansson studied at Otte Sköld’s painting school in Stockholm. He continued his education in Spain and France. In 1958, he founded Grödingegruppen, which included himself, Rune Pettersson, and Nalle Werner, and for a time also Gerry Eckhardt and Sixten Haage. The group also held exhibitions abroad, including in Rome, Milan, Hamburg, and Montreal, as well as in the USA and Poland. Together with Björn (Nalle) Werner, he exhibited at De Ungas salong in Stockholm in 1953 and took part in the group exhibition Parisersalongen at Esseltehasllen, as well as in the travelling exhibition promoting the art of popular movements, Art on Paper. Jansson’s graphic experiments with overprinting and glue resulted in vivid, abstract images. His polychrome wooden reliefs, worked with powerful tools and carved from monolithic blocks with dowels and nails driven into them, are particularly interesting. Among his public works are wooden bas-reliefs for the Swedish Wood Research Institute, a polychrome wooden bas-relief for the Astra factory in the Netherlands, and bas-reliefs for the municipality of Lidingö.

The work is in original vintage condition.