Olle Baertling

Style: Concretism;

Place: Halmstad

Born: 1911

Death: 1981

Biography:

Olle Baertling was born in Halmstad, Sweden, on December 6, 1911 and was living in Stockholm since 1928. Olle Bærtling died on May 2nd, 1981 in Stockholm. He is regarded as one of Sweden’s most seminal postwar artists, and is one of the few to have an international reputation. He exhibited at the Sao Paolo Biennale in 1959, for instance, and has had 17 solo exhibitions at Moderna Museet in Stockholm. His work has been shown at numerous international exhibitions, including the Venice Biennale in 1966 and Documenta in Kassel in 1977. Baertling's work is represented in many major museums and private collections around the world.