Galleri Viktoria have several paintings of the late Bengt Lindström and will present a few of our artworks for sale at this homepage. If your interested in any piece please send us an e-mail: galleri.viktoria@telia.com

Bengt Lindström 1925 - 2008

Lindström was born and raised in Härjedalen, Sweden.  1944 he moved to Stockholm and begun his artistic studies at Isaac Grünewalds paint school. He came to study in Copenhagen and Chicago. In 1948 he moved to Paris and begun to study at André Lhotes and Fernand Légers paint schools. The summers he spent in Sweden, Sundsvall were he also had a studio, just outside of town.  2004 Bengt Lindström came to settle in Sundsvall permanently.

1954 Lindström had his first singel exhibition in Sweden. His international breakthrough came first after an exhibition in Paris in 1958.

Lindström was very productive and created mostly oil paintings which are easily recognised though their sharp colour in thick layers. The motives often portraites twisted faces and bodies, Lindström liked to portrait humans as natural and human as possible without any glorification.  He also made several puplic art works such as mural paintings and large out door sculptures. One of these sculptures are the large Y at Midlanda, Sweden. His largest singel art work is the silo painting at Åbyverket in Örebro.
 

Exhibitions
To name all the exhibitions with Lindström are a days work and takes to much space to be listed here. Lindstrom had his first exhibitions 1954 in Stockholm. His career soon picked up pace and between 1958 and 1969 he had several exhibitions in Sweden, France and Germany. In 1970 Lindström showed his art work in different galleries all over Europe.  1979 his artwork crossed the Atlantic ocean and he had several exhibitions in Canada and USA. Ever since, Lindström has been a constantly returning artist for exhibitions in Europe and North America.
 

Representing Lindström (a selection):
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden

Göteborgs Museum, Göteborg, Sweden

Lunds Museum, Sweden

Centre Pompidou, Paris, France

Fonds Nationald'Art Contemporain, Paris, France

Louisiana Museum, Humblebaek, Denmark

Musée d'Ostende, Beligum

Aachen Museum, Germany

Carneige Museum, Pittsburg, USA

Edmonton Museum, Canada

Museum Ciudad Cuantheimol, Mexico

Budva Museum, Montenegro

Pictures from the Lindström exhibition at

Galleri Viktoria september 2008

"Red Elephant" and  "Nordic God"