Helge Christiansen, Abstract Composition, 1960s, Watercolour on Paper

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Artist: helge christiansen (born 1913), danish painter abstract composition technique: watercolour on paper date: ca. 1960s image size: h. 19 … Read more Artist: helge christiansen (born 1913), danish painter abstract composition technique: watercolour on paper date: ca. 1960s image size: h. 19 cm, w. 13 cm frame: h. 28 cm, w. 22 cm, gilt wooden frame with passepartout
signature: signed lower right “helge christiansen” condition: good condition with age-related traces

a colourist abstraction by helge christiansen, where deep blue and violet tones create a geometric division of the pictorial surface. The central field in lighter blue opens the composition and gives the work an almost architectural character. Christiansen’s watercolour reflects the danish post-war modernist interest in colour planes and spatial relations. Helge christensen (1913–1986) was a danish painter who worked within the abstract and modernist idiom in the mid-20th century. His works are characterised by a restrained yet precise use of colour and an interest in structural and geometric compositions, often executed in watercolour and oil. See less