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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 10, 2022 | Stockholms Auktionsverk | Stockholm | Modern & Contemporary | 450 | $****** - ****** | Pianist (Hans Pålsson) |
paintings
120 x 140 cm (47.24 x 55.12 in)
oil on canvas
Signed and dated on the back Ola Billgren -93
Haaken A. Christensen"s collection Private property EXHIBITED Gallery Haaken, Oslo, "Ola Billgren", 1995 Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Norway, "Haaken A. Christensen"s collection", 13 Feb - 20 Aug 2003 and 27 Aug 2003 - 4 Jan 2004.
"Ola Billgren Painting", Dougls Feuk and Anne Ring Petersen, 2000, illustrated p. 303 Deeply embedded under a warm red tone, we discern a seated figure. Almost dissolved, but still clearly there, we see the famous concert pianist and professor Hans Pålsson at his piano. Pålsson was a good friend of Ola Billgren and appears in several paintings by the artist. One of these paintings can be found today at the State"s portrait collection at Gripsholm Castle.
OLA BILLGREN. Pianist (Hans Pålsson), oil on canvas, 120 x 140 cm.
OLA BILLGREN 1940-2001 Pianist (Hans Pålsson) Signed and dated on the back Ola Billgren -93. Oil on canvas. 120 x 140 cm.
"Ola Billgren Painting", Dougls Feuk and Anne Ring Petersen, 2000, illustrated p. 303 Deeply embedded under a warm red tone, we discern a seated figure. Almost dissolved, but still clearly there, we see the famous concert pianist and professor Hans Pålsson at his piano. Pålsson was a good friend of Ola Billgren and appears in several paintings by the artist. One of these paintings can be found today at the State"s portrait collection at Gripsholm Castle.
During the 90s, Ola Billgren worked with a series of paintings in saturated cadmium red denominations. The color is striking, enveloping and warm, bordering on aggressive. The color herb embeds the motifs, sometimes beyond recognition, and lays down like an encompassing membrane. The red color itself is symbolically loaded with a strong expression. We associate it with blood, fire, warmth and intimacy but also with danger.
As in previous paintings by Billgren, these works are made with photographs as templates. But where in his early artistry he portrays the image with razor-sharp sharpness, the motifs in this series are dissolved and diffuse. The motifs have been painted with a brush, then a metal straightedge has been drawn over the canvas and the wet paint. The motif is sensed but experienced as veiled and distant. A contrasting effect arises between the strong, symbol-laden color and the figure"s diffuse contours. The color and the technique invite the viewer in at the same time, keeping us at a distance. A fragile moment of concerted intimacy and distance.
