Carl Köhler "Beyond the Words: Author Portraits"
Brooklyn Public Library (Central)
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This exhibition is a retrospective of portraits by Swedish artist and sculptor, Carl Köhler.
From Henry Köhler, son of the late Carl Köhler (1919 - 2006) and curator of this exhibition:
During my father's career, he painted many special and unique author portraits that appeal to those interested in both art and literature. Though he was well-known by art followers in Sweden, he was not as well-known to the general public. For this reason, I believe he would have been honored to have the opportunity to display his work here in New York.
He worked mainly with painting and collage, experimenting freely with different expressions, techniques and subjects, which he found in the worlds of theatre, music, dance and literature. Using oil, acrylic, drawings and graphics, he worked in the modernist tradition. After a period of painting on canvas, he moved over to raw materials, such as masonite and plywood.
[Image: Carl Köhler "Joyce Carol Oates "]
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from February 02, 2009 to April 04, 2009