Ivan Aguéli, Landscape, 2004 Museum Poster

This poster features an artwork from the Moderna Museet collection.

© Aguéli, 2004

19.68 x 27.55 in
50 x 70 cm

Ivan Aguéli (1869–1917) and his paintings are part of the Swedish artistic avant garde. His landscapes and portraits are often small scale, yet the interplay of colors, light and nuances creates a sense of monumentality. Through the intimate paintings, Aguéli experimented with colour and form at the same time as he explored the spiritual dimensions of existence.

The interest in mysticism was at the turn of the 20th century often associated with radical movements like anarchism, feminism and animal rights. Ivan Aguéli combined these movements and was deeply invested in philosophy from the Islamic East. Aguéli appears as as a reflective and spiritual artist in the midst of an era of cultural meetings and is therefore of great relevance to our contemporary time.

(Biography: Courtesy of The Thiel Gallery)