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Axel Olson (1899 - 1986) was born on a farm just outside Halmstad. His father was a sailor who re-schooled as machinist. In 1923 he moves to Berlin and studies for Alexander Archipenko, Russian sculptor and painter. Here Axel comes in contact with the continental avant garde; Der Sturm, Italian futurism, Russian constructivism and French cubism. Olson’s art is characterised by post cubistic features tending towards surrealism.
[Bukowski’s Modern Sale, Stockholm - Oil on canvas, 35 x 30 cm]