Collection of Gustav Bolin from 1970s

Gustaaf / Gustav Bolin (born December 6, 1920 in Stockholm - died at 78, August 9, 1999 in Antibes) Education: Académie de la Grande Chaumière Master: Emile Othon Friesz Gustav Bolin's father was of Russian origin and for three generations, his ancestors, goldsmiths, lived in St. Petersburg working for the court of the tsars. Gustav Bolin moved to France in 1921. In Paris, Gustav Bolin frequented Diego Giacometti, who found him a studio near his own, on the Rue du Moulin-Vert, which he kept for the rest of his life. During this time, he met Charles Rollier again and formed a close friendship with Nicolas de Staël. He also met Pierre Courthion, a critic and art historian who would later become one of his most loyal supporters. In 1948, a solo exhibition at the Galerie Pierre Loeb was dedicated to him. From then on, critics continued to follow his work over the years. During the famous "Mercredis des Batignolles," organized by Pierre Courthion, Bolin met Charles Lapicque, Jean Bazaine, Maurice Estève, Nicolas de Staël, Charles Rollier, Édouard Pignon, Pierre Tal Coat and Alexandre Garbell… 1948 an exhibition In 1949, he concluded contracts with several national and international galleries, notably in Stockholm, but also in New York and Tokyo. In 1973, the Musée Galliera in Paris exhibited a large collection of his paintings alongside Bengt Lindström. Dividing his time between his studio in Paris and his studio in Antibes, Gustav Bolin worked by adapting spontaneously to the space. He died in Antibes in August 1999. Freely figurative from 1943 to 1968, Gustav Bolin's painting developed from 1969 to 1980 in the field of non-figuration. Then, as he wrote in his "Notebooks," "the abstract signs gradually become branches, waves, etc. and finally human figures. The subject is once again integrated." The Paris City Hall, with the support of the Swedish Embassy and the Swedish Cultural Centre, will pay him a vibrant tribute through a major retrospective organised in the Salon des Tapisseries in the spring of 2006 and a second in the autumn of the same year in the exhibition hall of the Louvre des Antiquaires. "Between figuration and abstraction, his art is a perpetual search for independence and harmony. His characters move us, his labyrinths stun us, his lights soothe us: each painting is a singular adventure that cannot leave the attentive observer indifferent.” Bertrand Delanoë in his preface to Bolin's exhibition at the Hôtel de Ville in Paris. Public collections: Museum of Modern Art, Luxembourg Museum, City of Paris, Department of Arts and Letters, Museum of Sweden, Swedish Embassy in Paris, etc.