BENGT LINDSTRÖM (Sweden, 1925 - 2008).
Untitled, 1992, from the "Suite Olympic Centennial".
Lithograph on 270 grams Vélin d'Arches paper, copy 114/250.
Signed and justified by hand.
Size: 90 x 63 cm.
The Olympic Suite is composed of 50 lithographs and serigraphs chosen to represent various contemporary artistic trends. It was published to commemorate the first centenary of modern Olympism. The artists chosen work in very diverse movements and styles, from the hyperrealism of Antonio López to the abstraction of Sol Lewitt, including abstract expressionism, the geometrism of Arden Quin, conceptual art, pop art, the new realism of Baldaccini and Rotella, and the new fauvism of Dokoupil, among others. Among the artists represented are creators of great international renown, widely recognised by the critics.
Lindström trained in Stockholm with I. Grünewald, at the Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen and at the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1947 he settled in Paris, where he completed his studies with A. Lothe and F. Léger, as well as experimenting with a wide variety of procedures and techniques. Recognised from the 1950s onwards, Lindström held solo exhibitions in cities such as Paris, London, Brussels, Cincinnati and Tokyo. Most of his work is currently held by the Krimaro Foundation, as well as the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid, the Carnegie Institute, the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Tate Gallery in London, among many others.