Wonderful colour. Gothenburg Colourism in a New Light (English version)

The Gothenburg Colourists clothed the West Coast and Gothenburg in scintillating colour. In the 1930s, their work was characterized by a powerfully expressive use of colour without counterpart in Sweden. Intense hues, bold brushwork, intimate motifs, and passionate visions have won artists such as Åke Göransson, Ivan Ivarson, Nils Nilsson, Karin Parrow, Ragnar Sandberg, and Inge Schiöler a place in the public's heart. 

The history of this vital artistic current, sparked by a few students at the Valand school of Art, is a succes story. But it is also a story of tragedy, as several of the artists had mental illnesses  and died young. In a series of essays, authors and scholars examine Romantic mythologizing around the movement, its critical reception, the artist's role, and historiographical questions, as well as the role of the city itself andits galleries and dealers. The volume introduces an expanded gallery of Gothenburg Colourists from Denmark and Norway.

This is the second edition of the exhibition catalogue Wonderful Colour: Gothenburg Colourism in a New Light (2023) which is published in connection with with the exhibition's tour to Prince Eugen's WAldemarsudde and Wärmlands Museum in 2026 and 2027. 

Contributors: Kristoffer Arvidsson, Per Dahlström, Martin Gustavsson, Andrea Kollnitz, Lydia Sandgren, Karin Sidén, Patrik Steorn, Jeff Werner, Håkan Wettre, Eva Zetterman and Karin Åberg Waern.