The following was compiled and written by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher from Laguna Woods, California:FAHLSTROM, OYVIND. Although of Norwegian-Swedish parentage, Oyvind Fahlstrom was... Read full biography
The following was compiled and written by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher from Laguna Woods, California:FAHLSTROM, OYVIND. Although of Norwegian-Swedish parentage, Oyvind Fahlstrom was born on December 28, 1928 in Sao Paulo, Brazil and spent his childhood there. In 1939 his parents sent... Read full biography
The following was compiled and written by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher from Laguna Woods, California:FAHLSTROM, OYVIND. Although of Norwegian-Swedish parentage, Oyvind Fahlstrom was born on December 28, 1928 in Sao Paulo, Brazil and spent his childhood there. In 1939 his parents sent him to Sweden.on holiday, and because of the war, he did not see them again until 1947. From 1949 to 1952 he studied art history and archaeology, notable the Aztec and Mayan hierglyph systems from... Read full biography
The following was compiled and written by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher from Laguna Woods, California:FAHLSTROM, OYVIND. Although of Norwegian-Swedish parentage, Oyvind Fahlstrom was born on December 28, 1928 in Sao Paulo, Brazil and spent his childhood there. In 1939 his parents sent him to Sweden.on holiday, and because of the war, he did not see them again until 1947. From 1949 to 1952 he studied art history and archaeology, notable the Aztec and Mayan hierglyph systems from which he developed the "character-forms" and general compositional principles of his early paintings at the University of Stockholm. For several years he supported himself as a journalist and drama critic. He was self-trained in art, plunging directly... Read full biography
The following was compiled and written by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher from Laguna Woods, California:FAHLSTROM, OYVIND. Although of Norwegian-Swedish parentage, Oyvind Fahlstrom was born on December 28, 1928 in Sao Paulo, Brazil and spent his childhood there. In 1939 his parents sent him to Sweden.on holiday, and because of the war, he did not see them again until 1947. From 1949 to 1952 he studied art history and archaeology, notable the Aztec and Mayan hierglyph systems from which he developed the "character-forms" and general compositional principles of his early paintings at the University of Stockholm. For several years he supported himself as a journalist and drama critic. He was self-trained in art, plunging directly into a refined anti-formalist abstraction. In the 1950s Fahlstrom traveled extensively between Paris and Rome. He painted... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (17)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Pop Art A Critical History
1997
Madoff, Steven Henry (editor)
420 pages (color)
Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes
1993
Kostelanetz, Richard
246 pages
Art Since Mid Century 1945 to the Present
1991
Wheeler, Daniel
344 pages (color)
Twentieth Century Watercolors
1988
Finch, Christopher
310 pages (color)
Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition)
1987
Cummings, Paul
653 pages
Twentieth Century Artists on Art
1985
Ashton, Dore (Editor)
302 pages
Blam, the Explosion of Pop, Minimalism and Performance 1958-1964 (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Haskell, Barbara
160 pages
World Artists 1950-1980
1984
Marks, Claude
912 pages
American Art Since 1945
1982
Ashton, Dore
224 pages (color)
Printed Art: A View of Two Decades
1980
Castleman, Riva
144 pages (color)
Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art