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Born 1937. Known for: Abstract and non-figurative painting.
Paul Osipow is a Finnish painter who in the 1960s was the most famous representative in Finland of American pop art. After that he became one of the leading names of constructivism. Osipow studied at... Read full biography
Paul Osipow is a Finnish painter who in the 1960s was the most famous representative in Finland of American pop art. After that he became one of the leading names of constructivism. Osipow studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in 1958–1962 and has worked as a teacher there and later also in Sweden.... Read full biography
Paul Osipow is a Finnish painter who in the 1960s was the most famous representative in Finland of American pop art. After that he became one of the leading names of constructivism. Osipow studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in 1958–1962 and has worked as a teacher there and later also in Sweden. Osipow has emphasized abstract and non-figurative painting and is a leading representative of its development in the Nordic art scene, where he continues to inspire new generations of artists. His... Read full biography
Paul Osipow is a Finnish painter who in the 1960s was the most famous representative in Finland of American pop art. After that he became one of the leading names of constructivism. Osipow studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in 1958–1962 and has worked as a teacher there and later also in Sweden. Osipow has emphasized abstract and non-figurative painting and is a leading representative of its development in the Nordic art scene, where he continues to inspire new generations of artists. His exhibitions in the 1990s showed a gradual movement from a purely geometric expression to a more painterly and unlimited one, inspired by the pioneers of modern painting, not least late Impressionism, Cubism and Fauvism. Paul Osipow uses a strong,... Read full biography
Paul Osipow is a Finnish painter who in the 1960s was the most famous representative in Finland of American pop art. After that he became one of the leading names of constructivism. Osipow studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in 1958–1962 and has worked as a teacher there and later also in Sweden. Osipow has emphasized abstract and non-figurative painting and is a leading representative of its development in the Nordic art scene, where he continues to inspire new generations of artists. His exhibitions in the 1990s showed a gradual movement from a purely geometric expression to a more painterly and unlimited one, inspired by the pioneers of modern painting, not least late Impressionism, Cubism and Fauvism. Paul Osipow uses a strong, harmonious color scale and strives for a dynamic impression in the surface treatment. His abstract compositions have been characterize... Read full biography
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Paul Osipow is a Finnish painter who in the 1960s was the most famous representative in Finland of American pop art. After that he became one of the leading names of constructivism.
Osipow studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in 1958–1962 and has worked as a teacher there and later also in Sweden. Osipow has emphasized abstract and non-figurative painting and is a leading representative of its development in the Nordic art scene, where he continues to inspire new generations of artists.
His exhibitions in the 1990s showed a gradual movement from a purely geometric expression to a more painterly and unlimited one, inspired by the pioneers of modern painting, not least late Impressionism, Cubism and Fauvism.
Paul Osipow uses a strong, harmonious color scale and strives for a dynamic impression in the surface treatment. His abstract compositions have been characterized by a strict and simple pattern of form, to which he has varied and found new ways.
Osipow received the Pro Finlandia Medal in 1990 and the Prince Eugene Medal in 1989. He is represented at the Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art and Amos Anderson in Helsinki, Finland, the Modern Museum in Stockholm, Malmö Art Gallery, the Gothenburg Art Museum and the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design. in Oslo, Norway.