Description:

Håkan Wennström, Swedish artist.
“Grinden”.
Oil on canvas.

An atmospheric abstract painting with suggestive features, where a gate in the foreground opens onto a misty landscape. The color palette is dominated by subdued shades of grey, blue, and violet, accented with touches of yellow and red, giving the composition a dreamlike and poetic quality.

Artist: Håkan Wennström
Title: “Grinden”
Material: Oil on canvas
Image size: 38 x 46 cm
Total size: 40 x 48 cm
Signature: Signed “HW” lower right
Period: 1985
Condition: Very good condition
Biography :
Håkan Wennström (b. 1951, Norrköping) is a Swedish artist and filmmaker. He works primarily with drawing and watercolour, often depicting horses, elks, graveyards, and everyday scenes. His art combines poetry with keen observation, and during periods of illness he even transformed his hospital room into a studio. Wennström has exhibited widely in Sweden, including Södertälje Konsthall, and is also known for short films such as Noshörning (1989) and Träd (1988).