Ola Billgren
Ola Billgren (5 January 1940 – 4 November 2001) was a Swedish artist and art theorist. His art can be seen in various public collections including Musée National d'Art Moderne in Paris and Moderna Museet in Stockholm. After a few years of informal art, Billgren became influenced by the new realism and photorealism in the 1960s, often, however, using contrasting abstract elements in his works.
Ola Billgren
- Name
- Ola Billgren
- Born
- 5 January 1940
- Died
- 4 November 2001
- Occupation
- Artist and art theorist
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Honours
- Prince Eugen Medal
- Languages
- Swedish
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Ola Billgren (5 January 1940 – 4 November 2001) was a Swedish artist and art theorist. His art can be seen in various public collections including Musée National d'Art Moderne in Paris and Moderna Museet in Stockholm. After a few years of informal art, Billgren became influenced by the new realism and photorealism in the 1960s, often, however, using contrasting abstract elements in his works.
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He then had his breakthrough. After the mid-1970s he turned to seemingly traditional landscapes, deconstructing the conventions of romantic painting. Later on, he also examined colours and light in abstract paintings. In the 1990s he presented a series of red-surfaced paintings, which at first sight give the impression of something abstract, after which the underlying pictures slowly emerge, like "suppressed figurations".
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• Name — Ola Billgren • Born — 5 January 1940 • Died — 4 November 2001 • Occupation — Artist and art theorist
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1940
Ola Billgren born at Copenhagen.
2001
Ola Billgren died at Malmö Sankt Petri församling.
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Ola Billgren received Prince Eugen Medal. Recorded as having received Prince Eugen Medal.
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Nationalmuseum, Statens Museum for Kunst, National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design and Musée National d'Art Moderne
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