'Small Abstract Composition' by Hilding Eklund

'Small Abstract Composition' by Hilding Eklundartist: Hilding Eklund (Swedish 1909 1999) medium: gouache on paper dimensions: 19 x 15 cm art size 36 x 33 cm framed size (approx) signed circa 1950s 60s presented in a new off white painted timber frame with archival mat and non reflective UV museum glass AU $1650 (approx US $1075 1000 EUROS 159,000 yen 855 GBP for exact current conversion visit xe. com) artist biography Hilding Oskar Eklund was born on December 14, 1909 in the Northern Swedish city

artist: Hilding Eklund (Swedish 1909-1999)

medium: gouache on paper

dimensions: 19 x 15 cm art size / 36 x 33 cm framed size (approx)
signed
circa 1950s/60s
presented in a new off white painted timber frame with archival mat and non-reflective UV museum glass

 AU $1650 (approx US $1075 / 1000 EUROS / 159,000 yen / 855 GBP - for exact current conversion visit xe.com)

artist biography
Hilding Oskar Eklund was born on December 14, 1909 in the Northern Swedish city of Alby, Medelpad. He was a painter, print maker and sculptor.

Eklund studied under the Swedish artist and designer Edvin Ollers at the Konstfack (Swedish State University of Art, Design and Crafts) in Stockholm. He took private study trips to France and Holland.

He painted painted small abstract works on paper in gouache. He also produced woodcuts. As a sculptor Eklund in multiple mediums including bronze, concrete and wood.

In 2011 Eklund was included in a group exhibition of works from the Sundsvall Museum's collections alongside Helmer Osslund (1866-1938), Sigrid Hjertén (1885-1948), Leander Engström (1886-1927), Sune Blomqvist (1919-1989), Olle Mattsson (1904-1976) and Kalle Hedberg (1894-1959).

Among his public works is a large wooden sculpture in Sundsvall titled 'Ether Messenger' (Eterns Budbärare).

Examples of Eklund’s work are held in the collections of Moderna Museet in Stockholm, Sundsvall Museum and Västerbotten Museum.

He passed away at the age of 89 on January 12, 1999 in Täby.