Richard Mortensen, Gouache, Abstract, Kandinsky

Richard Mortensen (1910-1993)
“Yellow Sonorité”, 1957

Gouache and graphite on strong paper
Excellent condition
Dimensions 31.5 x 49 cm – framed 34.5 x 52.5 cm

Related works: the National Art Museum Modern, Center Pompidou keeps four gouaches from the suite entitled “Sonorité jaune”. These four gouaches entered the national collections following the bequest of Nina Kandinsky (widow of Wassily Kandinsky) in 1981; gouaches no V, VII, XXVII, XLVI A.

Richard Mortensen is a Danish painter. Influenced by Kandinsky. An expressionism, during the war, comparable to that of Asger Jorn, who announced Cobra, an adventure in opposition to the geometric abstraction adopted by Mortensen in 1946. An art of great clarity, thoughtful construction supported by a lively palette and delicate. A painting of movement through the dynamic relationships created between the simple forms implemented