Description:

Helge Christiansen (1913–1986), Abstract Composition.
Denmark.

Technique: Watercolour on paper
Date: Ca. 1960s
Image size: H. 8 cm, W. 20 cm
Frame: H. 17 cm, W. 28 cm, gilt wooden frame with passepartout
Signature: Signed lower right “Helge Chr.”
Condition: Good condition with age-related traces

An experimental watercolour by Helge Christiansen, where soft brushstrokes in yellow, green and violet tones form an organic, almost floating oval shape at the centre. The work balances between pure abstraction and a colour symphony inspired by nature, illustrating Christiansen’s interest in colour planes and the dissolution of form within 1960s Danish modernism.

Bio:
Helge Christiansen (1913–1986) was a Danish painter who worked within the abstract and modernist idiom in the mid-20th century. His works are characterised by a restrained yet precise use of colour and an interest in structural and geometric compositions, often executed in watercolour and oil.