Abstract Mixed Media Canvas by Valter Gibson

An abstract work by Valter Gibson. Mixed media on canvas. Unsigned, undated and unframed.

Valter Gibson was born in 1928 in Lycksele, grew up in Stockholm and lived until his death in 2002 in Hallstavik. In the years 1952-1955, Gibson studied painting at the Valand Art School in Gothenburg, with the prominent artist Endre Nemes as teacher. Gibson belonged to the "Generation 47-55" and was a member of the artists' association Grupp 54. It was founded by Nemes students who opposed the Gothenburg Artists' Club which was dominated by the Gothenburg Colorists and who opposed the new abstract and surrealist art.