ÅKE GÖRANSSON - MASTER OF "FÄRGFORMEN"

As I entered the room I was possessed with devotion, and I automatically lowered my voice. That is how Håkan Wettre, curator at Gothenburg Museum of Art, describes his encounter with Swedish artist Åke Göransson's works of art, which had just been hanged for the exhibition at the museum in the fall of 2002. Indoor pictures and views in delicate shades of green and grayish blue, flower pieces in shimmering poetic colors, and paintings in blazing red and purple filled the walls.

The now ongoing exhibition with Åke Göransson is arranged to celebrate the centennial of the artist's birthday. The exhibition continues at Waldemarsudde in Stockholm until March 16, and then moves to Malmö Konstmuseum, where it goes on from March 30 until June 1, 2003.

	Göransson's early years in Gothenburg
	The hard years with a lot of suffering
	Göransson develops his painting
	Göransson's schizophrenia deteriorates

Sources
- Stubelius, Arne. Åke Göransson. Stockholm 1952
- Axlund, Björn. Färgformen. Åke Göranssons liv och konst. Raster Förlag 2002

All pictures are from the exhibition "Färgformens mästare". Published with permission from respective photographer, via Waldemarsudde.

Selection of paintings from the exhibition "Färgformens Mästare"
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