Olle Bærtling: A Modern Classic, Steidl/Swedish Books/Moderna Museet, 2007

 

Olle Baertling: A Modern Classic, Steidl/Swedish Books/Moderna Museet, 2007, MINUS SPACE, Brooklyn  

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As a concrete-abstract painter during the 1950s and 60s, Olle Bærtling (1911-1981) developed a personal pictorial universe, while also occupying a firm position among the “Salon des Realités Nouvelles” and Galerie Denise René in Paris. His work was highly influential to American Op artists and Minimalists like Donald Judd.  Introduction by Ustvedt Nilsson, John Peter Øystein. Text by David Birnbaum, Daniel Raskin.  Price $40.