Bengt Lindström

BENGT LINDSTRÖM (Sweden, 1925 - 2008).
Untitled, 1992, from the "Suite Olympic Centennial".
Lithograph on 270 grams Vélin d'Arches paper, copy 118/250.
Signed and justified by hand.
Measurements: 90 x 63 cm.

The Olympic Suite is composed of 50 lithographs and serigraphs chosen to represent various contemporary artistic trends. It was published to commemorate the first centenary of modern Olympism. The chosen artists work in very diverse movements and styles, from the hyperrealism of Antonio Lopez to the abstraction of Sol Lewitt, through abstract expressionism, the geometrism of Arden Quin, conceptual art, pop art, the new realism of Baldaccini and Rotella, or the new fauvism of Dokoupil, among others. Among the artists represented there are creators of great international renown, widely recognized by critics.
Lindström was trained in Stockholm with I. Grünewald, at the Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen and at the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1947 he settled in Paris, where he completed his studies with A. Lothe and F. Léger, in addition to experimenting with a wide variety of procedures and techniques. Recognized from the fifties onwards, Lindström held solo exhibitions in cities such as Paris, London, Brussels, Cincinnati and Tokyo. Most of his work is currently held at the Krimaro Foundation, as well as the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid, the Carnegie Institute, the Pompidou Center in Paris and the Tate Gallery in London, among many others.