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1966 · oil on canvas
Unframed: 97.5 x 195 cm (38 3/8 x 76 3/4 in.)
Cleveland Museum of Art
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Olle Baertling
Artist
PaintingGeometric AbstractionColor FieldFiguration
Representation
None documented
2
Institutional Exhibitions
6
Works in Collection
11
Assets Indexed
0
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
80%
Profile Completeness
Cultural Positioning
Movements
- • Geometric Abstraction
- • Color Field
- • Figuration
- • Constructivism
- • Abstract Art
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Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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The 1960s: Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1967
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Recent Acquisitions: Painting and Sculpture
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1965
About
Why this artist matters now
Olle Baertling was a Swedish abstract painter and pioneer of geometric abstraction in Scandinavia. Working primarily in the postwar period, he developed a distinctive vocabulary of angular, interlocking forms and vibrant color relationships that rejected both figuration and the gestural abstraction dominant in his era. His compositions emphasize the optical and spatial effects of geometric precision, often arranged in dynamic diagonal configurations. Baertling's rigorous formal investigations positioned him as a significant but understudied figure in the development of European constructivism and color field practice.
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Geometric Abstraction
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Cleveland Museum of Art
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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