Modernist Mid-Century Painting by Laila Prytz

A delightful modernist composition by Swedish artist Laila Prytz (1907-1982). This painting has a wonderful naive, geometric cubist aesthetic. The inscription on verso reads 'Tai Poo Market Kina 1961'. 

Oil on board, signed and dated 1961. Presented in its original gold frame.

Dimensions including frame:
Height: 24 cm
Width: 29 cm

Dimensions not including frame:
Height: 22 cm
Width: 27 cm
All measurements are approximate.

CONDITION NOTE:
Painting in very good vintage condition. Original frame has some marks, discolourations, colour loss and wear.

This product is a vintage item and will show some signs of cosmetic wear/patina. Please refer to photos for reference and if you have any queries regarding the condition of this product, please do not hesitate to contact us and we will be happy to answer any questions you may have.

ARTIST BIO
Laila Margareta Elisabet Prytz was a Swedish visual artist. Prytz studied under Otte Sköld in Stockholm and travelled to Spain, France, Italy and Germany. She returned to France in 1933 to study under the French sculptor, painter and writer André Lhote (1885-1962) in Paris. It was during her time in Paris that Prytz met, and in 1932 married, the Swedish artist Wilhelm Wik (1897-1987). Together they travelled to Egypt, East Africa, India and Japan.

Prytz's first solo exhibition was at legendary Galleri Gummesons in Stockholm in 1945, which was followed by many years of exhibitions, mainly in Sweden and France. The art critics where thrilled from the start and wrote in Stockholm Newspaper 1953 that Prytz ’worships the clean surface and purity of colour – and simplifies reality …with a decorative delight’. Laila Prytz is well known for her purist paintings with patterns and stylized forms. Often in the shape of triangles and cubes with strong and clean colours. In 1969, the art critic Claude Bouyeure described her work as ’An art halfway between cubism and geometric abstraction, a surrealism whose magic comes from true and free naivism’.

In 1937 Laila Prytz designed her iconic swan stamp for the Swedish Post Office, which was later issued in May 1942. It became Sweden’s longest lasting stamp and was also voted the most beautiful Swedish stamp. One of the admirers was President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who kept it as a dear part of his collection and is still today one of the highest valued Swedish stamps.

Prytz is represented at the National Museum and the Academy of Music in Stockholm as well as the Ticino Institute, Musée de l'Opéra, André Malraux's collection and the Swedish Consulate in Paris.
 

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