exhibition view 2006. photo Ann Frössén
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93 x 50 cm. photo Hedvig Stabell
NONO 2006, acrylic on canvas,
160 x 134 cm
GÖSTA WALLMARK
exhibition view 2006. photo Ann Frössén |
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Gösta Wallmark.
photo Hedvig Stabell
Born 1928,
painter and sculptor.
Lives in Bläse, Gotland, Sweden.
Lecturer
in Theoretical and Applied Aesthetics, Department of Architecture,
Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm 1973-93.
Member of the National Public Arts Council 1985-91.
ARTISTIC
EDUCATION
1949 Otto Skiöld Art School
1950 Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris
1950-55 University College of Fine Arts, Stockholm
ONE MAN
SHOWS
1958 "Hos Petra" Gallery, Stockholm
1960 Gallery Observatorium, Stockholm
1965 Gallery Burén, Stockholm
1970 Gallery Hedenius, Stockholm
1973 Gallery Martin, Stockholm
1997 Gallery Axel Mörner, Stockholm
2000 Gotland County Art Museum, Visby
2003 Gallery Bergesen
2006 Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm
OTHER MAJOR
EXHIBITIONS
1954 "Junge Europäische Kunstler stellen aus", Berlin
1959 "Swedish painters and French graphic artists", Svensk-Franska
Gallery, Stockholm
1961-62 Touring exhibition, Finland
1962 Nordic Youth Biennial, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
1962 Fine and Applied Arts Building, Oslo
1963 Municipal Art Gallery, Gothenberg
1964 Norrbotten Regional Art Museum, Luleå
1966 2 nd. Biennial NUNSKU, Rostock, Germany
1969 Nordic Artists' Association, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
1970 "Le Métro", Paris & New York
1991 Museum of Artists' Sketches, Lund
1993 "The Flags on the Kinneviken Bay", Mariestad, Sweden & Kiel,
Germany
1994 "Kinnekullebanan", Mariestad
1995 "Creations", Skaraborg county
1998 Gotland County Art Museum, Visby
2000 Municipal Art Gallery, Luleå
PRINCIPAL
PUBLIC and PRIVATE COMMISSIONS
1967 Panels in enamel for three entrance halls, Östbergahöjden
1967-68 Roof terrace in steel, wood and glass for the Datamaskincentral, Computer
Centre Building, Stockholm
1971-72 "The Yellow Wall", relief design, 7.6 x 27 metres, for the
Garnissionen office-building, Stockholm
1974 Interior decoration for the Assembly Hall, Swedish Trade Union Confederation
College, Nacka
1974-75 With Elis Eriksson: the Hallonbergen Underground station, Stockholm
1982 "Skarpnäck", palisade, 8 x 27 metres, in tarred wood
1984-85 Sculptures and paintings for assembly room & entrance hall, Swedish
Radio and Television Building,
gggg, Stockholm
1990-91 With Jörgen Martinsson: "The Ninth Road". Painting 2.5
x 116 metres for the "Knutpunkten"
gggg, shopping centre, Helsingborg
1991 Exterior, 8 x 4 metres, for four lift shafts at the Tomteboda Postal Services
Terminal, Stockholm
1996 Two murals and a hanging sculpture for the Terra Nova School, Visby
MAJOR
PURCHASES
Gotland County Art Museum, Visby
Municipal Art Museum, Norrköping
Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm
Museum of Artists' Sketches, Lund
National Public Arts Council
University of Åbo, Finland
Capital
cities excepted, all locations for the exhibitions, commissioned works and museums
are in
Sweden unless otherwise stated.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Mailis
Stensman: "Art goes underground" - Art in the Stockhom Metro - (Stockholmia
förlag 1985,1988, 2002 and 2004
Märit Ehn: " Gösta Wallmark - målare och skulptör" - catalogue, Gotlands Konstmuseum, April 2000
Birgitta Castenfors: Konsten i kvarteret Garnisonen (Vasakronan 2002)