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"Triumphant Angel"
1904-1989
Date: conceived in 1976, first cast in 1984
Height: 50 cm
Material: bronze
Technique: lost wax process
Edition size: 350 + 35 EA
Patina: blue
Maquette: original drawing, ʺTriumphant Angelʺ, 1976
Descharnes References: Dalí: The Hard and the Soft, Sculptures & Objects. Eccart, 2004. pg. 254 ref. 652
This sculpture is accompanied by an official Certificate of Authenticity.
In addition to the above Certificate of Authenticity, each sculpture is accompanied with a Foundry Certificate issued by Perseo Art Foundry
Religious imagery fascinated and intrigued Dalí throughout his lifetime. For Dalí, angels expressed grace, nobility and lightness. Dalí once said “nothing is more stimulating than the idea of an angel!”. The face and trumpet in the sculpture, echo the Cubist style pioneered by Pablo Picasso, who Dalí admired. It is interesting that Cubism and Surrealism co-exist in this sculpture.
From the 1940s, when Dalí began weaving strong religious themes into his artworks, angels appear frequently in his oeuvre. Dalí rejected his family’s Catholicism early in life, only to re-embrace it again in later years. For Dalí, angels represented divine awareness, purity, protection and illumination. The key element of the sculpture is the trumpet, it links heaven and earth, bringing and reflecting divine light.
The angel’s wings are in perfect equilibrium, referencing Dalí’s obsession with geometrical precision. This sculpture embodies Dalí’s idea of heavenly achievement and aspiration.
"Dance of Time I"
1904-1989
Date: conceived in 1979, first cast in 1984
Height: 38,5 cm
Material: bronze
Technique: lost wax process
Edition size: 350 + 35 EA
Patina: green
Maquette: original gouache, ʺDance of Timeʺ, 1979
Descharnes References: Dalí: The Hard and the Soft, Sculptures & Objects. Eccart, 2004. pg. 248 ref. 639
This sculpture is accompanied by an official Certificate of Authenticity.
In addition to the above Certificate of Authenticity, each sculpture is accompanied with a Foundry Certificate issued by Perseo Art Foundry
The melting clock is the most recognizable Dalinian image and the artist chose to portray it consistently throughout his lifetime. Dalí became obsessed with the concept of time and used the melted watch image in many of his works.
Dalí brings to this sculpture a dynamism, where the clock appears to be literally “dancing”. Unrestrained by the rigid laws of a watch, time, for Dalí, moves to the rhythm of a perpetual dance, speeding up, slowly down, stretching out, liquefying.
The clocks illustrate an important theme in Dalí’s art;the contrast between the hard and the soft, a central preoccupation of the artist.
Dalí flips reality, taking the familiar image of a watch which is hard, solid and precise and inverts its characteristics. It is now the opposite, becoming soft, inaccurate, time bends to individual meanings. Again in this sculpture, the unexpected softness of the watch contrasts with the hardened sturdy tree trunk upon which the clock rests.
Some say that Dalí represents in his watches Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity of space and time; the dancing watch illustrating the concept of movement through time.
"Dance of Time III"
1904-1989
Date: conceived in 1979, first cast in 1984
Height: 26,5 cm
Material: bronze
Technique: lost wax process
Edition size: 350 + 35 EA
Patina: green
Maquette: original gouache, ʺDance of Timeʺ, 1979
Descharnes References: Dalí: The Hard and the Soft, Sculptures & Objects. Eccart, 2004. pg. 248 ref. 638
This sculpture is accompanied by an official Certificate of Authenticity.
In addition to the above Certificate of Authenticity, each sculpture is accompanied with a Foundry Certificate issued by Perseo Art Foundry
The melting clock is the most recognizable Dalinian image and the artist chose to portray it consistently throughout his lifetime. Dalí became obsessed with the concept of time and used the melted watch image in many of his works.
Dalí brings to this sculpture a dynamism, where the clock appears to be literally “dancing”. Unrestrained by the rigid laws of a watch, time, for Dalí, moves to the rhythm of a perpetual dance, speeding up, slowly down, stretching out, liquefying.
The clocks illustrate an important theme in Dalí’s art;the contrast between the hard and the soft, a central preoccupation of the artist.
Dalí flips reality, taking the familiar image of a watch which is hard, solid and precise and inverts its characteristics. It is now the opposite, becoming soft, inaccurate, time bends to individual meanings. Again in this sculpture, the unexpected softness of the watch contrasts with the hardened sturdy tree trunk upon which the clock rests.
Some say that Dalí represents in his watches Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity of space and time; the dancing watch illustrating the concept of movement through time.
”Aurore à Saint-Paul"
1887-1985
Litograph in colour, 1968
Signed and numbered, edition 75.
Image: 56x38 cm.
Paper: 75x51 cm.
Reference: Mourlot 548
”L'Ange du jugement"
1887-1985
”L'Ange du jugement”
Colour lithograph printed 1974 by Charles Sorlier after Marc Chagall. Signed and numbered. Published by Amis du Message Biblique Marc Chagall, Nice.
Image: 52x43 cm.
Paper: 72,5x54,5 cm. (Arches)
Mourlot CS 45
”Le cirque au clown jaune"
1887-1985
"Le cirque au clown jaune"
Colour lithograph printed 1967
Edition 150.
Signed and numbered.
Image: 66,5x52 cm.
Paper: 77x58 cm (Arches).
Mourlot 443
"Horse saddled with time"
1904-1989
"Horse saddled with time"
Date: conceived and first cast in 1980
Height: 44 cm
Material: bronze
Technique: lost wax process
Edition size: 350 + 35 EA
Patina: brown
Maquette: original wax, ʺHorse Saddled with Timeʺ, 1980
Descharnes References:Dalí: The Hard and the Soft, Sculptures & Objects. Eccart, 2004. pg. 252 ref. 650
This sculpture is accompanied by an official Certificate of Authenticity.
In addition to the above Certificate of Authenticity, each sculpture is accompanied with a Foundry Certificate issued by Perseo Art Foundry
The theme of lapsing time troubled Dalí incessantly. The artist stated “The mechanical object was to become my worst enemy, and as for watches, they would have to be soft, or not be at all”. The horse, one of Dalí’s favourite images, is saddled with Dalinian time. The famous soft-watch is used here in place of a normal saddle. The horse is portrayed as the representation of life weighed down and harnessed tightly by time. The sculpture signifies the omnipresence of time and the weight it has in all our actions.
The raging horse appears to protest against this unwelcome constraint, his movements a futile attempt to free himself. Time races on and reminds us of man’s fleeting voyage through life and our own mortality. This surrealistic beast cannot be ridden by man, for it is time who is the ultimate rider.
Dalí believed that time and space could not be dissociated, and this sculpture illustrates time in its disordered dimension, fluid, receding and transitory.
This sculpture is one of the first from the collaboration between Beniamino Levi, President of the Dalí Universe, and Dalí himself. For this sculpture, Dalí created the maquette in wax, moulding it with his fingers. The hand markings are visible in the body of the horse, its muscles and particularly the mane.
"Profile of Time"
1904-1989
"Persistence of Memory"
Date: conceived in 1977 and first cast in 2015
Height: 31 cm
Material: silver
Base: rock crystal
Technique: lost wax process
Edition size: 49 + 5 EA
Descharnes References:Dalí: The Hard and the Soft, Sculptures & Objects. Eccart, 2004. pg. 238 ref. 615
This sculpture is accompanied by an official Certificate of Authenticity.
"Dessins pour la Bible"
1887-1985
"Dessins pour la Bible"
Verve Vol X, No 37‑38.
The complete book with 24 lithographs in colour.
Éditions de la Revue Verve, Paris, 1960.
Cramer 42. Mourlot 230‑280.
"Space Elephant"
1904-1989
"Space Elephant"
Date: conceived and first cast in 1980
Height: 94 cm
Material: bronze
Technique: lost wax process
Edition size: 350 + 35 EA
Patina: brown
Maquette: original plaster, ʺSpace Elephantʺ, 1980
Descharnes References: Dalí: The Hard and the Soft, Sculptures & Objects. Eccart, 2004. pg. 244 ref. 631
This sculpture is accompanied by an official Certificate of Authenticity.
In addition to the above Certificate of Authenticity, each sculpture is accompanied with a Foundry Certificate issued by Perseo Art Foundry
The image of an elephant carrying an obelisk is portrayed in one of Dalí’s best-known paintings The Temptation of St Anthony (1946). Four elephants led by a horse in a desert landscape, carry symbolic objects which represent various temptations. The obelisk, symbol of knowledge and power, is Dalí’s homage to Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s sculpture in Rome.
Dalí’s elephants have exaggeratedly long legs which raise them up towards the sky. These thin, multi-jointed legs juxtapose with the heavy body of the elephant. The obelisk alludes to a tiring burden, yet the artist distorts reality making it weightless, an illusion of it almost floating above the saddle. The combination of these contradictory elements create a sense of disarray and metaphysical imbalance that can only exist in a dream-like world.
This surreal creature, moving through space towards the heavens, symbolizes a flight of fantasy to a mesmerizing universe. The image of the elongated legs in addition to the tall pointed obelisk, alludes to man’s pursuit of ‘reaching higher’.
The legs of the elephant originally had claw-like feet during the sculpture’s creation. Doubtful of this element, Beniamino Levi President of the Dalí Universe, approached Dalí to modify it. After initial resistance and with Gala’s support, the feet changed to horses hooves.
Like the soft watch, the Elephant became an important symbol, an unforgettable image used repeatedly in his oeuvre.
"Hybrid Speciation No. II - London"
"Homage á Newton"
1904-1989
"Homage á Newton"
Date: conceived and first cast in 1980
Height: 35 cm
Material: bronze
Technique: lost wax process
Edition size: 350 + 35 EA
Patina: brown
Maquette: original wax, ʺHomage to Newtonʺ, 1980
Descharnes References:Dalí: The Hard and the Soft, Sculptures & Objects. Eccart, 2004. pg. 122 ref. 299
This sculpture is accompanied by an official Certificate of Authenticity.
In addition to the above Certificate of Authenticity, each sculpture is accompanied with a Foundry Certificate issued by Perseo Art Foundry
Dalí honors Isaac Newton (1642-1727), the English mathematician, who discovered the law of gravity when an apple fell on his head.
In this sculpture, based on the small image illustrated in the painting Phosphene of Laporte (1932), Dalí pierced the figure with two holes: one which portrays the absence of Newton’s vital organs, whilst the empty head suggests open mindedness. Dalí implies that Newton has become a mere name in science, completely stripped of his personal identity and individuality.
Dalí was obsessed with the concept of hard and soft, here he plays with inverting the anatomy, showing the bones protruding from the body. As Dalí recounts in his autobiography, The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí: “The hip bones, which absolutely must be very prominent- pointed, so that one knows that they are there”.
In 1986 the King of Spain dedicated a large plaza in Madrid to Dalí and the artist created a monument of this image for its center, that is almost five meters high. The sculpture still stands there today.
"Histoire de la Reine Esther"
1894-1986
Gouache and watercolour, 67 x 51 cm.
Signed Theo Tobiasse and dated -74.
"Sliced Violin"
1928 - 2005
1990s
Bronze, 57 cm.
Edition: 100
Signed and numbered.
Artist bio:
Arman (November 17, 1928 – October 22, 2005) was a French-born American artist. Born Armand Fernandez in Nice, France, Arman was a painter who moved from using objects for the ink or paint traces they leave (cachets, allures d'objet) to using them as the artworks themselves. He is best known for his Accumulations and destruction / recomposition of objects.
In 1957, Arman chose to change his name from "Armand" to "Arman". On January 31, 1973, upon becoming a citizen of the United States, he took the American civil name, "Armand Pierre Arman". Nevertheless, he continued to use "Arman" as his public persona.
"Le clown acrobate"
1887-1985
Etching and aquatint, 1967, signed in pencil and numbered 32/35.
Literature: Cramer 12
Image 30,5 x 23,9 cm.
"Portal"
1977
2022
Pigment print, 70x52 cm
Edition 10
Artist bio:
Born in Stockholm, Sweden 1977, Alexander has studied with various painters in Sweden and USA. He has been making a living as a painter from the age of 22 and has exhibited his work in various parts of USA and Europe. Collectors come from USA, UK, Germany, France, Portugal, Spain, Mexico, Sweden, Switzerland, Italy and Norway.
"Cluster III - Drifters"
1977
2022
Pigment print, 70x52 cm
Edition 10
Sleep Visions series were created in London in 2020 and 2021, the years we will all remember as the pandemic years. The empty streets of Fulham, Chelsea and Kensington became an arena for my imagination of nature reconquering the city.
I moved to London in 2019 after spending eleven years on Manhattan. Before I got to know my new hometown, London was in full lock-down and I was sick with Covid19, isolated in my studio throughout March 2020. Whilst I was ill and physically restricted, I dreamed not only about London, but also about places that lie close to my heart. Especially Stockholm and New York, two cities which have shaped me in many ways. The jungles and seas of South and Central America appeared in my mind as well; Peru, Mexico and Costa Rica are countries I have returned to in my travels over the past ten years to gather inspiration. I have always been attracted to diversity, whether it is cultural diversity or biodiversity. Monocultures are never interesting. Large cities often have a richly diversified cultural and intellectual offer. Jungles and the sea are environments filled with beauty, intrigue and complexity. The flora and fauna of these ecosystems offer a different kind of diversity and drama that never bores me. I thrive best when I spend my time divided between big cities and the tropics where life and death, happiness and suffering alternate at a high pace.
Our need for control over the earth’s resources and its devastating consequences is something that is being discussed more and more these days. In our collective consciousness, we have begun to understand the breadth of the complex challenges that lie ahead and how we must act. Some of these new paintings are interpretations of what has already happened; Ecosystems that are disturbed, our dependence on fossil fuels, etc. My wish is that these motifs become descriptions of a past world, tales we tell our children and grandchildren about a time we have left behind and replaced with a better reality where the earth’s diversity and beauty may still remain.
"Reflections"
1977
2022
Pigment print
54x49 cm
Edition 10
Sleep Visions series were created in London in 2020 and 2021, the years we will all remember as the pandemic years. The empty streets of Fulham, Chelsea and Kensington became an arena for my imagination of nature reconquering the city.
I moved to London in 2019 after spending eleven years on Manhattan. Before I got to know my new hometown, London was in full lock-down and I was sick with Covid19, isolated in my studio throughout March 2020. Whilst I was ill and physically restricted, I dreamed not only about London, but also about places that lie close to my heart. Especially Stockholm and New York, two cities which have shaped me in many ways. The jungles and seas of South and Central America appeared in my mind as well; Peru, Mexico and Costa Rica are countries I have returned to in my travels over the past ten years to gather inspiration. I have always been attracted to diversity, whether it is cultural diversity or biodiversity. Monocultures are never interesting. Large cities often have a richly diversified cultural and intellectual offer. Jungles and the sea are environments filled with beauty, intrigue and complexity. The flora and fauna of these ecosystems offer a different kind of diversity and drama that never bores me. I thrive best when I spend my time divided between big cities and the tropics where life and death, happiness and suffering alternate at a high pace.
Our need for control over the earth’s resources and its devastating consequences is something that is being discussed more and more these days. In our collective consciousness, we have begun to understand the breadth of the complex challenges that lie ahead and how we must act. Some of these new paintings are interpretations of what has already happened; Ecosystems that are disturbed, our dependence on fossil fuels, etc. My wish is that these motifs become descriptions of a past world, tales we tell our children and grandchildren about a time we have left behind and replaced with a better reality where the earth’s diversity and beauty may still remain.
"Underwater III - plastic free oceans"
1963
Oil on canvas
2022
93x120 cm
"Reconstructors II"
1977
Oil on canvas
85x200 cm
2021
"New York City Legend"
"Face X"
1963
Oil on canvas
2021
111x115 cm
Ralf Arzt was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He studied in France in 1996-1997 under Beaux Arts teacher Christian Geai. Since 1988 Arzt have regularly shown at exhibitions and worked with galleries in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany, UK, and Monaco.
In 2001, Arzt began an international collaboration with Opera Gallery, which has galleries in Paris, New York, Miami, London, Geneva, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Dubai. He has exhibited at several of the joint exhibitions at Opera Gallery’s various galleries. Since 2012 he also has exhibited regularly at Albemarle Gallery in London, UK.
Arzt have been represented in Sweden by Mollbrink’s Art Gallery since 2010, and the gallery has held several solo exhibitions, both in the gallery’s own premises in Uppsala and Kungshamn, and on repeated occasions at the 5-star Grand Hôtel in Stockholm.
His choice of subject matter embraces majestic seascapes, sensual nudes, and surrealist underwater visions of women
in swirling flowing dresses.
"Face X"
1963
Oil on canvas
2022
140x91 cm
Ralf Arzt was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He studied in France in 1996-1997 under Beaux Arts teacher Christian Geai. Since 1988 Arzt have regularly shown at exhibitions and worked with galleries in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany, UK, and Monaco.
In 2001, Arzt began an international collaboration with Opera Gallery, which has galleries in Paris, New York, Miami, London, Geneva, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Dubai. He has exhibited at several of the joint exhibitions at Opera Gallery’s various galleries. Since 2012 he also has exhibited regularly at Albemarle Gallery in London, UK.
Arzt have been represented in Sweden by Mollbrink’s Art Gallery since 2010, and the gallery has held several solo exhibitions, both in the gallery’s own premises in Uppsala and Kungshamn, and on repeated occasions at the 5-star Grand Hôtel in Stockholm.
His choice of subject matter embraces majestic seascapes, sensual nudes, and surrealist underwater visions of women
in swirling flowing dresses.
"Underwater I - plastic free oceans"
1963
Pigment print
Edt. 70
57x44 cm
Signed and numbered by the artist.
Ralf Arzt was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He studied in France in 1996-1997 under Beaux Arts teacher Christian Geai. Since 1988 Arzt have regularly shown at exhibitions and worked with galleries in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany, UK, and Monaco.
In 2001, Arzt began an international collaboration with Opera Gallery, which has galleries in Paris, New York, Miami, London, Geneva, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Dubai. He has exhibited at several of the joint exhibitions at Opera Gallery’s various galleries. Since 2012 he also has exhibited regularly at Albemarle Gallery in London, UK.
Arzt have been represented in Sweden by Mollbrink’s Art Gallery since 2010, and the gallery has held several solo exhibitions, both in the gallery’s own premises in Uppsala and Kungshamn, and on repeated occasions at the 5-star Grand Hôtel in Stockholm.
His choice of subject matter embraces majestic seascapes, sensual nudes, and surrealist underwater visions of women
in swirling flowing dresses.
"Beak on, in the night"
1960
2022
Oil on canvas, 120x70 cm.
Frank on titles:
A good title should be like a ticket to a good journey.
The specific words in the title should give you clues and direction to where the painting is heading. Yes, of course, we have different backgrounds and therefore different references and experiences to words. But that only means the journey is different for all of us. The more you can read in to painting the longer ride you will get. Sometimes it never stops. Even though the image is the same…
The painting should have a literary quality. There should be a story, a thought that draws you in. Like the renaissance painters I like to use allegories or more modern icons to give hints and to lead you in. Into the inner landscape of the image.
And with a little luck, into yourself.”
About the artist's creations:
Frank paints in an idea world, where all the big questions exists. Politics, environment, sex, philosophy and so on.
Where and who we are and where are we going.
The painting goes where the idea takes it. Whichever it’s a still life, a landscape or portraying man, the idea rules.
He uses renaissance allegory’s, everyday objects and modern icons to give you clues where the painting is heading. Because it’s all a journey.
He paints in the surreal tradition with a modern twist.
As Frank says: You’ve got to honor your heroes.
That’s why he has a mind like Magritte and follows the painting technique of Dalí
"Gallows Humour"
1960
2022
Pigment print, edt 50.
90x70 cm
Signed and numbered by the artist.
Frank on titles:
A good title should be like a ticket to a good journey.
The specific words in the title should give you clues and direction to where the painting is heading. Yes, of course, we have different backgrounds and therefore different references and experiences to words. But that only means the journey is different for all of us. The more you can read in to painting the longer ride you will get. Sometimes it never stops. Even though the image is the same…
The painting should have a literary quality. There should be a story, a thought that draws you in. Like the renaissance painters I like to use allegories or more modern icons to give hints and to lead you in. Into the inner landscape of the image.
And with a little luck, into yourself.”
About the artist's creations:
Frank paints in an idea world, where all the big questions exists. Politics, environment, sex, philosophy and so on.
Where and who we are and where are we going.
The painting goes where the idea takes it. Whichever it’s a still life, a landscape or portraying man, the idea rules.
He uses renaissance allegory’s, everyday objects and modern icons to give you clues where the painting is heading. Because it’s all a journey.
He paints in the surreal tradition with a modern twist.
As Frank says: You’ve got to honor your heroes.
That’s why he has a mind like Magritte and follows the painting technique of Dalí
"The Balloonist"
1960
2022
Oil on canvas, 120x90 cm.
About the painting:
There is a plastic island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It´s called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and it is the size of 3 Great Britain. Accumulated through the years, it just floats there, only held together by surface tension.
The whales and sea life have only one chance to make it. To survive they has become refugees. They must leave and to look for a new beginning.
Here you see one of the first to make it. Still with in dreams and high hope.
Frank on titles:
A good title should be like a ticket to a good journey.
The specific words in the title should give you clues and direction to where the painting is heading. Yes, of course, we have different backgrounds and therefore different references and experiences to words. But that only means the journey is different for all of us. The more you can read in to painting the longer ride you will get. Sometimes it never stops. Even though the image is the same…
The painting should have a literary quality. There should be a story, a thought that draws you in. Like the renaissance painters I like to use allegories or more modern icons to give hints and to lead you in. Into the inner landscape of the image.
And with a little luck, into yourself.”
About the artist's creations:
Frank paints in an idea world, where all the big questions exists. Politics, environment, sex, philosophy and so on.
Where and who we are and where are we going.
The painting goes where the idea takes it. Whichever it’s a still life, a landscape or portraying man, the idea rules.
He uses renaissance allegory’s, everyday objects and modern icons to give you clues where the painting is heading. Because it’s all a journey.
He paints in the surreal tradition with a modern twist.
As Frank says: You’ve got to honor your heroes.
That’s why he has a mind like Magritte and follows the painting technique of Dalí
"The Influencer"
1960
2022
Oil on canvas, 70x60 cm.
Frank on titles:
A good title should be like a ticket to a good journey.
The specific words in the title should give you clues and direction to where the painting is heading. Yes, of course, we have different backgrounds and therefore different references and experiences to words. But that only means the journey is different for all of us. The more you can read in to painting the longer ride you will get. Sometimes it never stops. Even though the image is the same…
The painting should have a literary quality. There should be a story, a thought that draws you in. Like the renaissance painters I like to use allegories or more modern icons to give hints and to lead you in. Into the inner landscape of the image.
And with a little luck, into yourself.”
About the artist's creations:
Frank paints in an idea world, where all the big questions exists. Politics, environment, sex, philosophy and so on.
Where and who we are and where are we going.
The painting goes where the idea takes it. Whichever it’s a still life, a landscape or portraying man, the idea rules.
He uses renaissance allegory’s, everyday objects and modern icons to give you clues where the painting is heading. Because it’s all a journey.
He paints in the surreal tradition with a modern twist.
As Frank says: You’ve got to honor your heroes.
That’s why he has a mind like Magritte and follows the painting technique of Dalí
"Wisdom comes in all colors"
1960
2022
Oil on canvas, 50x40 cm.
Frank on titles:
A good title should be like a ticket to a good journey.
The specific words in the title should give you clues and direction to where the painting is heading. Yes, of course, we have different backgrounds and therefore different references and experiences to words. But that only means the journey is different for all of us. The more you can read in to painting the longer ride you will get. Sometimes it never stops. Even though the image is the same…
The painting should have a literary quality. There should be a story, a thought that draws you in. Like the renaissance painters I like to use allegories or more modern icons to give hints and to lead you in. Into the inner landscape of the image.
And with a little luck, into yourself.”
About the artist's creations:
Frank paints in an idea world, where all the big questions exists. Politics, environment, sex, philosophy and so on.
Where and who we are and where are we going.
The painting goes where the idea takes it. Whichever it’s a still life, a landscape or portraying man, the idea rules.
He uses renaissance allegory’s, everyday objects and modern icons to give you clues where the painting is heading. Because it’s all a journey.
He paints in the surreal tradition with a modern twist.
As Frank says: You’ve got to honor your heroes.
That’s why he has a mind like Magritte and follows the painting technique of Dalí
"Wrap your head around it"
1960
2022
Oil on canvas, 60x50 cm.
Frank on titles:
A good title should be like a ticket to a good journey.
The specific words in the title should give you clues and direction to where the painting is heading. Yes, of course, we have different backgrounds and therefore different references and experiences to words. But that only means the journey is different for all of us. The more you can read in to painting the longer ride you will get. Sometimes it never stops. Even though the image is the same…
The painting should have a literary quality. There should be a story, a thought that draws you in. Like the renaissance painters I like to use allegories or more modern icons to give hints and to lead you in. Into the inner landscape of the image.
And with a little luck, into yourself.”
About the artist's creations:
Frank paints in an idea world, where all the big questions exists. Politics, environment, sex, philosophy and so on.
Where and who we are and where are we going.
The painting goes where the idea takes it. Whichever it’s a still life, a landscape or portraying man, the idea rules.
He uses renaissance allegory’s, everyday objects and modern icons to give you clues where the painting is heading. Because it’s all a journey.
He paints in the surreal tradition with a modern twist.
As Frank says: You’ve got to honor your heroes.
That’s why he has a mind like Magritte and follows the painting technique of Dalí
"Nude XLV"
1963
2021
Oil on canvas, 88x120 cm.
Artist bio:
I was born in Stockholm, Sweden. I studied in France in 1996-1997 under Beaux Arts teacher Christian Geai. Since 1988 I have regularly shown at exhibitions and worked with galleries in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany and Monaco.
In 2001, I began an international collaboration with Opera Gallery, which has galleries in Paris, New York, Miami, London, Geneva, Singapore, Hong Kong and Dubai. I have exhibited at several of the joint exhibitions at Opera Gallery’s various galleries. I have since 2012 been represented in London by Albemarle Gallery and have regularly exhibited at the gallery´s exhibitions.
I have been represented in Sweden by Mollbrink’s Art Gallery since 2010, and the gallery has held 7 solo exhibitions of works by me, both in the gallery’s own premises in Uppsala and Kungshamn, and also on repeated occasions at the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm.
Mollbrinks Art Gallery also represents me at international art fairs and leading art fairs in Sweden, including the antiques fair in Älvsjö, and the leading Nordic art and antiques fair, Grand Antiques, in Stockholm.
"Drapped in Red"
1963
2020
Oil on canvas, 125x66 cm.
Artist bio:
I was born in Stockholm, Sweden. I studied in France in 1996-1997 under Beaux Arts teacher Christian Geai. Since 1988 I have regularly shown at exhibitions and worked with galleries in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany and Monaco.
In 2001, I began an international collaboration with Opera Gallery, which has galleries in Paris, New York, Miami, London, Geneva, Singapore, Hong Kong and Dubai. I have exhibited at several of the joint exhibitions at Opera Gallery’s various galleries. I have since 2012 been represented in London by Albemarle Gallery and have regularly exhibited at the gallery´s exhibitions.
I have been represented in Sweden by Mollbrink’s Art Gallery since 2010, and the gallery has held 7 solo exhibitions of works by me, both in the gallery’s own premises in Uppsala and Kungshamn, and also on repeated occasions at the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm.
Mollbrinks Art Gallery also represents me at international art fairs and leading art fairs in Sweden, including the antiques fair in Älvsjö, and the leading Nordic art and antiques fair, Grand Antiques, in Stockholm.
"Face XII"
1963
2020/2021
Oil on canvas, 240x91 cm.
Artist bio:
I was born in Stockholm, Sweden. I studied in France in 1996-1997 under Beaux Arts teacher Christian Geai. Since 1988 I have regularly shown at exhibitions and worked with galleries in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany and Monaco.
In 2001, I began an international collaboration with Opera Gallery, which has galleries in Paris, New York, Miami, London, Geneva, Singapore, Hong Kong and Dubai. I have exhibited at several of the joint exhibitions at Opera Gallery’s various galleries. I have since 2012 been represented in London by Albemarle Gallery and have regularly exhibited at the gallery´s exhibitions.
I have been represented in Sweden by Mollbrink’s Art Gallery since 2010, and the gallery has held 7 solo exhibitions of works by me, both in the gallery’s own premises in Uppsala and Kungshamn, and also on repeated occasions at the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm.
Mollbrinks Art Gallery also represents me at international art fairs and leading art fairs in Sweden, including the antiques fair in Älvsjö, and the leading Nordic art and antiques fair, Grand Antiques, in Stockholm.
"the Cousins"
1860-1920
"the Cousins"
Date: 1883, London
44,3x27,8 cm
Technique: etching
Edition size: 40
Signed by the artist
References: Asplund no. 7, Hjert & Hjert no. 7
This etching was executed by Anders Zorn in 1883 in his studio in London. The etching is made after his painting with same title that he painted the year before in Spain.
One of the two girls in this motif is the daughter of an art professor, Ramon Rodriguez, who lent Zorn a room in his apartment for him to stay and use as a studio. This period in Zorn’s life was important for his development and many of his most important early paintings were executed during his visit in Spain.
Zorn went back home, and home during the early 1880s was London and not Mora/Stockholm, Sweden. He had a very poor economy during this time and struggled to make ends meet. His close friend, Swedish artist Axel Herman Hägg, recommended him to sell his masterpiece “the Cousins” to make some money. But Zorn didn’t want to get rid of the painting. Hägg who was a master in the etching technique told Zorn to make an etching of this motif to be able to keep the etching and sell the painting. Zorn who had never made an etching told Hägg that he couldn’t do this. Hägg then convinced Zorn to study the technique and offered himself to help Zorn to learn the etching technique.
“the Cousins” was Zorn’s seventh attempted in the etching technique and the result was perfect. Zorn made in total 289 different etching motifs and he become one of the worlds most famous etcher.
“the Cousins” is the crown jewel in a Zorn etching collection. The print was made in 3 states and this copy is state no. 3, printed in 40 copies.
"Cigarettrökerska II"
1860-1920
"Cigarettrökerska II"
Date: 1891, Paris
15,9x12 cm
Technique: etching
Edition size: 5-15
Signed by the artist
References: Asplund no. 62
Zorn executed this etching, after his painting with same title, in 1891 in his studio in Paris.
This extremely rare etching is from the second state ( of two) printed in only 25 copies on a large paper with watermark consisting of a lily on a shield under a crown.
Signed "Zorn" on plate, lower left corner also signed by hand by the artist lower right corner, under image.
It’s not determined who the model for this motif was. However, there are unconfirmed data that it is Zorn’s dear friend Mary Smith who he met in London during his stay there in the 1880s. His portrait “Mary in my studio” (watercolor) from 1882-83 was executed in Zorn’s studio at Brook Street (no. 42) is a famous painting from his London period. The faces in the two portraits are strikingly similar.
"Axel Herman Hägg III"
1860-1920
"Axel Herman Hägg III"
Date: 1884, London
39x26,1 cm
Technique: etching
Edition size: 2-5
Stat/État 1 of 2
Signed by the artist
References: Asplund no. 15
Hägg was Zorn's teacher of etching techniques. Both artists were active in London in 1883.
This etching in first state (état 1) is a RARITY only printed in 2-5 copies.
