Expressive figurative composition depicting a stylised female figure in the foreground with houses set within a dreamlike landscape. Executed in a distinctive colouristic idiom combining blue, green, pink and muted earthy tones. Signed WSO. Figurative, expressive subjects and mask-like faces are characteristic elements of Skotte Olsen's work from this period.
Origin: Denmark.
Material: Canvas, oil.
Dimensions: Visual size 46 × 60 cm, total size 54 × 68 cm.
Period: 1970/80s.
Condition: Presents with age-related signs of use.
Bio:
Wiliam Skotte Olsen (1945–2005) was a Danish painter and printmaker and a distinctive figure in Danish expressionist painting. He studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1965–1970 and again in 1978–1982. From the 1960s onwards he developed a figurative, expressive and strongly colouristic approach to painting, with people, houses and mask-like faces becoming recurring motifs. His early work was influenced by Expressionism, while contemporary rock music and the existential concerns of modernism were important reference points in his artistic development.
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