Otto G. Carlsund

Otto G Carlsund (1897-1948) - paintings for a movie theater, 160 pages, illustrated, text by Anders Wahlgren. English and Swedish, Carlsson bokförlag, Stockholm, February 2025.
For more than fifty years, arthistorian Anders Wahlgren has been fascinated by Otto G Carlsund’s work. The Swede who in 1924 came to Paris to study with Fernand Léger. The story behind Carlsund’s most central work, paintings for a movie theater, has become an enigma. Researchers have had different theories about these fantastic artworks but letters that remained in obscurity for seventy-five years now reveals a new picture. Wahlgren presents his sensational research in a book about the fate of this suite of paintings.

Price: 450 SEK

Artist: Otto G Carlsund