'Gudarna rider till Strid' (The Gods Ride Out to Battle) by Bertil Gadö

'Gudarna rider till Strid' (The Gods Ride Out to Battle) by Bertil Gadöartist: Bertil Gado (Swedish 19162014) medium: colour woodcut dimensions: 48 x 62 cm image size 60 x 85 cm frame size (approx) signed limited edition 4 30 dated 1955 * note this is a hand printed edition with small imperfections expected with the printing process. There is a small area to the right centre visible here where the artist has covered a small black printed area with white paint as part of the process. The overall impression of the print is

artist: Bertil Gadö (Swedish 1916–2014)

medium: colour woodcut

dimensions: 48 x 62 cm image size / 60 x 85 cm frame size (approx)
signed
limited edition 4/30
dated 1955

* note - this is a hand printed edition with small imperfections expected with the printing process. There is a small area to the right centre - visible here - where the artist has covered a small black printed area with white paint as part of the process. The overall impression of the print is a lovely hand produced edition.

presented in a new off white mat backing, angled teak stained timber frame and non-reflective UV glass

** NOTE - this is a large artwork and too big to ship via Airmail post. If you are outside of Australia extra shipping will need to be added (we estimate the total shipping would be around AU$250) 

AU $1025 (approx US $660 / 575 EUROS / 103,000 yen / 505 GBP - for exact current conversion visit xe.com)

artist biography
Karl Bertil Gadö was born July 20, 1916 in Malmö. He was a Swedish painter and print maker.

Gadö studied art at the Skånska Målarskolan (Skåne Painting School )in Malmö between 1933 and 1935 and during his own self-study trips.

He debuted in a group exhibition in Malmö in 1939 and exhibited in his first solo exhibition at the SDS-centralen in Malmö in 1943. 1947 alongside Lars Engström, he exhibited at the Malmö Rådhus. Between 1941 and 1951 he showed annually in the Skåne Art Association's Autumn exhibitions. In 1948 he exhibited for the first time in Stockholm at HSB's exhibition, God konst i alla hem (Good art in all homes). In 1951 he participated in the exhibition Skånekonstnärer (Scania artists) at Liljevalch's art gallery. With the group Skånsk avantgardekonst (Scanian avant-garde art) he exhibited at the Malmö museum in 1949 (where the group published a catalogue with contributions by E. Leiser and Elsa Grave as well as illustrations in original graphics). In 1951 in Hälsingborg and in Stockholm, he exhibited as part of the artists’ collective Imaginisterna (The Imaginists). In 1951 he exhibited in the Biennale at the Museo de Arte Moderna in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The follow year he was elected to an international surrealist group (with, among others, the Germans Edgar Ende, R. Schlichter and the American Kurt Seligmann.

Gadö is represented at in public collections in Sweden including the Moderna Museet in Stockholm and the Malmö Museum.

Gadö passed away in 2014.