OLLE BÆRTLING

Konstruktiv Tendens at Stockholm Art Fair, 1980.

Yaran. oil on canvas, 81 x 130 cm, 1968. photo Åke Sandström.

Olle Bærtling.

1911 - 1981
Born in Halmstad
Lived and worked most of his life in Stockholm

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1949 Konstsalongen Samlaren, Stockholm

1951 Galerie Brinken, Stockholm, with Herbin

1952 Galerie Birch, Copenhagen

1953 Konsthallen, Uppsala

1954 Galerie Denise René, Paris, with Breer and Bitran
Konstsalongen Samlaren, Stockholm,
in the open air, proposal for The Swedish pavilion at the Biennial in Venice

1955 Konstsalongen Samlaren, Stockholm
Skånska Konstmuseum, Lunds universitet, with Mortensen
Galerie Denise René, Paris

1956 Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, with Jacobser and Mortensen
Kunstakademien, Copenhagen and Aarhus, with Jacobsen and Mortensen
Galerie Artek, Helsinki with Jacobsen Mortensen and Vasarely

1957 Konstsalongen Samlaren, Stockholm, sculptures
Konstsalongen Samlaren, Stockholm, sculptures in the open air
Konstsalongen Samlaren, Stockholm, paintings and sculptures

1958 Galerie Denise René, Paris
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Liège, with Matisse and Kylberg

1960 Konstsalongen Samlaren, Stockholm
Konstnärshuset, Stockholm, retrospektiv

1961 Konstsalongen Samlaren, Stockholm with Matisse and Léger

1962 Galerie Denise René, Paris Galerie Observatorium, Stockholm

1963 Galerie Hybler, Copenhagen
7th Biennial in Sao Paulo, represented Sweden

1964 Columbia University, New York, retrospective
Konstsalongen Samlaren, Stockholm
New York University, New York, retrospective

1965 Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, lllinois, retrospective
University of Chicago, retrospective
Krognoshuset, Lund, retrospektiv
Rose Fried Gallery, New York, retrospective
Pace College, New York, retrospective

1966 North Carolina State University, Raleigh, retrospective
Konstsalongen Samlaren, Stockholm, painting
Konstsalongen Samlaren, Stockholm, retrospektiv
Allen Memorial Art Museum
Oberlin College, Oberlin
Ohio University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, retrospective
Sundsvalls museum, retrospektiv
Jönköpings läns museum, retrospektiv

1967 Rose Fried Gallery, New York, retrospective
S.D. Gallery, New York
Galerie Löwendahl, Uppsala

1968 Galerie Aronowitsch, Stockholm, retrospektiv
Galerie Bleue, Stockholm
Pentacle, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Palais du Louvre, Paris
Rose Fried Gallery, New York, retrospective
S.D. Gallery, New York
Galerie Aronowitsch, Stockholm, retrospektiv

1969 plus-kern, Gent, Belgium
Konstakademien, Stockholm, retrospektiv
State University of New York, New York, retrospective
Esther Robles Gallery, Los Angeles, retrospective

1970 Rose Fried Gallery, New York, retrospective
Axiom Gallery, London, retrospective
State University of New York, New York, retrospectiv

1971 Galerie Larsson, Gävle, retrospektiv

1972 Galerie Denise René, Paris, retrospective
Galerie 66 - H. G. Krupp, Hofheim, Taunus, West Germany
Örebro läns museum, retrospektiv
Norrköpings konstmuseum, retrospektiv

1973 Västerås konstmuseum, retrospective
Konstsalongen Samlaren, Stockholm, paintings from Stockholm
University Bærtling Collection Galleria Lorenzelli, Milano, retrospective

1974 Galleria della Trinita, Rome, retrospective
Galerie Denise René, New York, retrospective

1975 Junior Galerie, Copenhagen and Zürich

1976 Contemporary Royale, Vancouver
Galerie Royale, Calgary, Canada
Galerie Nordenhake, Malmö
Konstsalongen Samlaren, Stockholm
Bærtling Flags in the open air Galerie Denise René, Paris
Galerie Denise René Rive Gauche, Paris, retrospective
Gallerie Fabian Carlsson, Göteborg

1977 Nordenhake Rykken Galleri, Oslo
Kunsthalle Düsseldorf - Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, retrospective
Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, retrospective

1978 Galerie Karin Fesel, Wiesbaden, retrospective
Galerie von Bartha, Basel, retrospective

1979 Galerie von Bartha, Internationale Kunstmesse, retrospective
Commune di Ferrara, Palazzo dei Diamanti, Ferrara, Quattro Costruttivisti Svedesi

1981 Malmö Konsthall, retrospective
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, retrospective
Galerie Nordenhake, Malmö
Towards the open form, Galerie Bel'Art, Stockholm

1982 Hommage à Bærtling, Gallery Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm

1951 6:e Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris
Neoplasticism, Konstsalongen Samlaren, Stockholm

1952 7:e Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris
20 Oeuvres de 20 Artistes, Galerie Denise René, Paris
Diagonale, Galerie Denise René. Paris

1953 L'Art Suédois 1913-1953, Galerie Denise René, Paris
Exposition de Groupe, Galerie Denise René, Paris
8:e Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris
Aktuellt måleri, travelling exhibition, Riksförbundet för bildande konst
Purism-Constructivism, Konstsalongen Samlaren Stockholm
L'Art Suédois 1913-1953, Galerie Apollo, Brussels

1954 9:e Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris
Stockholmskonkretister, Halmstad Museum
Exposition 100, Konstsalongen Samlaren
Junge Schwedische Kunst, Stuttgart
Contemporary Art in Scandinavia, Brown Stone Gallery, New York

1955 Swedish Abstract, travelling exhibition in USA, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm - Smithsonian Institution, Washington
Arte Nordica Contemporanea, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome
10:e Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris

1956 11:e Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris
Exposition de Groupe, Galerie Denise René, Paris
Konkretism i Norrköping, Norrköpings konstmuseum

1957 50 Ans de peinture abstraite, Galerie Creuze, Paris
1:e Biennale internat. de Gravure a Tokio, Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

1958 Nordisk Abstrakt Kunst, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
13:e Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris

1959 Denise René expose, Städtisches Museum Schloss Morsbroich, Leverkusen 5:e Biennale de Sâo Paulo

1960 Art Construit, Musée d'lxelles, Brussels, and Musée d'Art Wallon, Liège
Construction and geometry in painting - from Malevich to tomorrow, Galerie Chalette, New York
The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati - The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago
2:e Biennale Internat. de Gravure a Tokio, Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Moderna Museet besoger Louisiana, Louisiana, Humlebaek

1961 Construction and geometry in painting - from Malevich to tomorrow, WalkerArt Center, Minneapolis
2:e Biennale Internationale de Gravure a Tokio, Municipal Museum, Osaka
Editions Denise René, Galerie Denise René, Paris
Aspect 61, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm
10 Schwedische Künstler, 1961, Düsseldorf
aaci - art abstrait constructif international, Galerie Denise René, Paris

1962 Konstruktivisten, Städtisches Museum Schloss Morsbroich, Leverkusen
Exposition Internationale du Constructivisme, Musée d'Art Moderne, Céret

1963 esquisse d'un salon, Galerie Denise René, Paris
Exposition Européenne de la Sérigraphie, Palais de la Défense, Paris
1:er Salon International de Galeries pilotes, Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts. Lausanne
Landskrona Festival 63, Landskrona
Editions Denise René, Paris, Det Danske Kunstindustrimuseum, Copenhagen
esquisse d'un salon 2, Galerie Hybler, Copenhagen

1964 Guggenheim International Award 1964, Guggenheim Museum, New York
The Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu
Akademie der Künste, Berlin
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida
Fremmed kunst i dansk privateje, Louisiana, Humlebaek
Form i förvandling, travelling exhibition, Association of Arts in Sweden
Svenskt 60-tal - Nu 64, Norrköpings konstmuseum
Konst i offentlig miljö, Norrköping, Västerås
Ikoner og Konkret Kunst, Galerie Hybler, Copenhagen
Hard-Edge - Albers - Arp - Bærtling - Herbin - Liberman - Lohse - Mortensen - Taeuber-Arp - Vasarely, Galerie Denise René, Paris
Dokument av svenska skulptörer, Arkiv för dekorativ konst, Lund

1965 Den gudomliga geometrin, collection Oscar Reutersvaerd, Krognoshuset, Lund
Rickey Collection, Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, N.Y.
Individualité - le salon de Teddy Brunius, Galerie Bleue, Stockholm
Konst i offentlig miljö, Sveagalleriet, Stockholm
Från tre världsdelar, vandringsutställning, Riksförbundet för bildande konst
International Exhibition, Savage Gallery, London
Ung mästarkonst i Lunds Universitets Samling, Lunds universitet
A University Collects - Paintings from New York University Art Collection, circulated by The American Federation of Arts
Den inre och den yttre rymden - en utställning rörande en universell konst, Moderna Museet, Stockholm

1966 Structures et mouvement, Galerie Denise René, Paris
International Art Exhibition - UNESCO and Brandeis University, The World Bank, Washington
Tendenzen structuraler Kunst, Landesmuseum, Münster
Three Swedish Artists, Jefferson Place Gallery, Washington
Vi bygger med ljud - We build with sound, Konstsalongen Samlaren, Stockholm
Konstruktiv idé, Galerie Aronowitsch, Stockholm
New Accessions USA 1966, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado
Sculpture and Painting Today - Selections from the Collection of Susan Morse Hilles, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

1967 Structures, lumière et mouvement, Galerie Denise René, Paris
efter konsten, efter arkitekturen, Galerie Aronowitsch, Stockholm
Vom Konstruktivismus zur Kinetik 1917 bis 1967, Galerie Denise René - Hans Mayer, Krefeld
The 1960:s - A Selection from the Museum Collection, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Kinétika - Bewegte Kunst, Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Vienna
Special Selections, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo
Akademism och modernism, Lunds universitet
Skulpturutställning i Skytteanum, Uppsala
Art et mouvement, Musée d'Art Contemporain, real
de mondrian au cinétism, Galerie Denise René, Paris

1968 Sweden Today, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
The Akron Art Institute, Ohio - Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Michigan
Philadelphia Civic Center Plus By Minus: Today's Half-Century, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo
Denise René a Londres, Redfern Gallery, London
Abstract Art, J. Walter Thompson & Co. Art Gallery, New York
"From Constructivism to Kinetik Art", London Arts Gallery, Detroit

1969 Sweden Today, Des Moines Art Center, Iowa
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
Portland Art Association, Oregon XIV Rassegna Internazionale d'Arte Contemp., Galleria d'Arte d'Urso, Rome
ars accurata, Galerie 66 - H. G. Krupp, Hofheim/Taunus, West Germany
Expressivitet, travelling exhibition, Riksutställningar, Stockholm
Å-udstillingen 1969, Århus - Aabenraa - Aalborg, Denmark

1970 3:ème Salon International de Galeries pilotes, Musée captonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, and Musée Moderne, Paris
miniaturen '70 international, Galerie 66 - H. G. Krupp, Hofheim/Taunus
Contemporary art, University of Lancaster, Lancaster
Constructivist Tendencies - From the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. George Rickey State University of New York, Albany University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

1971 miniaturen '70 international, Galerie Christoph Durr, München
Constructivist Tendencies - From the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. George Rickey, University of California, Santa Barbara
Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, California
University of Alabama, Alabama
Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul
Akron Art Institute, Ohio
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Indiana University, Bloomington
University of Iowa, Iowa City
De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts
20th Century Painting & Sculpture from the New York University Art Collection, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, New York

1972 Färg, travelling exhibition, Rikutställningar, Stockholm
Swedish Art 1972 - A Contemporary Theme, Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo - Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
The Non-Objective World - Die Gegenstandslose Welt II Mondo della Non-Oggettivita 1939-1955, Annely Juda Fine Art, London
Galerie Liatowitsch, Basel
Galleria Milano, Milano
Konstruktivt, Lunds Konsthall
50 Jahre Konstruktivismus in Europa, Galerie Gmurzynska Bargera, Cologne
Plastik des 20. Jahrhunderts - aus dem Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum der Stadt Duisburg, Städtisches Museum Schloss Morsbroich, Leverkusen
Att Bygga i Stål, Teknorama - Tekniska Museet, Stockholm

1973 Konstruktivt, Eskilstuna Museum, and Södertälje Konsthall
Espace - Couleur, Galerie Denise René, Paris
The Non-Objective World - Die Gegenstandslose Welt 1914-1955, Annely Juda Fine Art, London
University Art Museum, University of Texas, Austin
New York Collection, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Suédois en France, Institut Francais, Stockholm

1974 Furor Vacui - space and antispace - positive and negative form, Konstsalongen Samlaren, Stockholm
Handarbetets Vänner 100 år, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm
Konstruktivt 1974, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, and Amos Andersons Konstmuseum, Helsinki

1975 Tidlös textil for offentlig miljö, Sverigehuset, Stockholm
12 svenska skulptörer, Malmö Konsthall
Junior Galerie, Internationaler Kunstmarkt, Cologne
Der Skulpturgarten, Junior Galerie, Goslar
Internationale Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts, Junior Galerie, Vienna

1976 mono + bi chromie, Gaierie Denise René, Paris
Frescati - universitetssamhälle i vardande, Konstsalongen Samlaren, Stockholm
Svenskt och utländskt, Galerie Aronowitsch, Stockholm
Ricerca Astratta, Thiene - Galleria Lorenzelli, Milano
Creative Sweden, Northwestern National Bank of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Skandinavische Künstler, Kunsthalle zu Kiel - Hettlage Lampe, Kiel
Gallena Lorenzelli - Milano, Arte Fiera 76, Bologna
Hommage à Herbin, I'Institut FranÇais, Stockholm
Norrköpings museum, and Västerås museum
graphiques originaux et multiples, Galerie Denise René Rive Gauche, Paris
Mouvement peint, mouvement agi, Centre d'Art Contempgrain, Abbaye de Beaulieu en Rouergue, Ginals, Lexos, Tarn et Garonne, France
Vad kampen gällde, Norrköpings konstmuseum
Die reine Form - von Malewitsch bis Albers - Collection McCrory Corporation, New York, Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf - Kunsthaus Zürich

1977 Galerie Nordenhake, Internationale Kunstmesse, Basel
Aspects historiques de constructivisme et de l'art concret - Collection McCrory, New York, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
Line - Weight - Color, Galerie Denise René, New York
Galerie Nordenhake, Internationaler Kunstmarkt, Cologne
Collection McCrory Corporation, New York
Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, and Kunstsentret - Sonja Henies og Niels Onstads Stiftelser Hövikodden, Oslo

1978 structures, mouvement, couleur - de Mondrian a nos jours, Editions et multiples de la Galerie Denise René, Paris, Institut FranÇais, Athens
Museo International de la Resistencia Salvador Allende, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Ett alternativ - konstruktiv tendens, Galerie Christel, Stockholm
Collection McCrory Corporation, New York, Museum Louisiana, Humlebaek, and Kulturhuset, Stockholm
Galerie von Bartha - Galerie Christel - Galerie Nordenhake, Internationale Kunstmesse, Basel
Galerie von Bartha - Galerie Christel - Galerie Nordenhake - Galerie Teufel, Internationaler Kunstmarkt, Düsseldorf
konkrete konzepte, Galerie Bossin, Berlin

1979 art abstrait constructif international no. 2, Galerie Denise René, Paris
Diagonale und Kreis, Galerie von Bartha, Basel
Konkret, Galerie Nordenhake, Malmö
Constructive Concepts, Galerie Christel, Stockholm
Svenskt Avantgarde, Norrköpings konstmuseum
Museo International de la Resistencia Salvador Allende, Centre Culturel Suédois, Paris
Galerie Hoffman - Galerie Teufel, Internationale Kunstmesse, Basel
15de Biennale Middelheim, Stad Antwerpen - Kunsthistorische Musea, Openiuchtmuseum vor Beeldhouwkunst Middelheim, Belgique
Galerie Christel - Galerie Nordenhake - Galerie Teufel, Internationaler Kunstmarkt, Cologne
princip vertikal, Buropa nach 1945 - vertical principle, europe efter 1945, Galerie Teufel, Cologne
Réalités Nouvelles 1946-56, Galerie Nordenhake, Malmö
Constructivism and the Geometric Tradition - Selections from the McCrory Corporation Collection, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York

1980 Constructivism and the Geometric Tradition - Selections from the Mc Crory Corporation Collection, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
Dansk-svensk grafik, Jönköpings läns museum
1930/80 Arkitektur form konst, Kulturhuset, Stockholm
Galerie von Bartha, Internationale Kunstmesse, Basel
Constructivism and the Geometric Tradition - Selections from the McCrory Corporation Collection, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary art, La Jolla, California Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf gästar Malmö Konsthall, Malmö Konsthall
Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm
10 Jahre Galerie von Bartha Basel, Galerie von Bartha, Basel

1981 Constructivism and the Geometric Tradition Selections from the McCory Corporation Collection, William Rockhill Nelson Gallery and Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, Kansas City, Missouri
The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan
Milwaukee Art Centre, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Hommage à Bærtling, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm

REPRESENTED
Centre National d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou, Paris
Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Tate Gallery, London
Galleria Nazionale d,Arte Moderna, Rom/Rome
Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Wien/Vienna Nationalgalerie, Berlin
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Bryssel/Brussels
Museo de Arte Modemo, Mexico City
Narodni Galerie, Prag/Prague
Magyar Nemzeti Muzeum, Budapest
Kunstmuseum Basel
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Konstmuseet i Ateneum, Helsingfors/Helsinki Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo
Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf
Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum der Stadt Duisburg Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen
Skulpturenmuseum, Marl
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian institution, Washington
Washington Galleri of Modern Art
Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta
Museu de Arte Moderna, Sao Paulo
Museo Internacional de la Resistencia Salvador Allende
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
Portland Art Museum, Oregon
American Swedish Historical Museum, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Providence, Rhode Island
Museo de Arte de Ponce, Puerto Rico
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Museum, Cambridge
Rose Art Museum, grandels University, Waltham, Massachusetts
Columbia University, New York
New York University
State University of New York
Cornell University, New York
McCrory Corporation, New York
University of Cambridge, England
Stockholms universitet
Stockholms kommun
Arkiv för dekorativ konst/Museum of Monumental Art, Lund
Lunds universitet
Uppsala universitet
Uppsala kommun
University of California, Berkeley
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Milwaukee Art Center, Wisconsin
Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Ohio Indiana University, Bloomington
Grinnell College, Iowa
Hartwick College, Oneonta, New York
University of Notre Dame, Indiana
University of Miami, Florida
University of Tel Aviv
Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Liège
Svenska institutet i Rom/lstituto Svedese, Rome Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
Institut Tessin, Paris
Göteborgs Konstmuseum
Malmö Museum
Norrköpings konstmuseum
Västerås konstmuseum
Örebro läns museum
International private collections
Malmö konsthall, Malmö
Moderna museet, Stockholm

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