32. ERIK ENROTH,
23 November 1991 - 17 January 1992
Erik Enroth's (b. 1917 Helsinki, d. 1975 Helsinki) early
works from 1945-47 were displayed in Gallery A of the Sara
Hildén Art Museum.
The collection of the Sara Hildén Foundation was created
and extended around Erik Enroth's works. Therefore it is
only natural that his art has been the centerpiece of the
museum's exhibitions and art historical research since the
foundation of the museum.
The collection of the Sara Hildén Foundation has 519 of
Erik Enroth's paintings, drawings and graphic works from
1945-62.
Previous exhibitions of Erik Enroth's works in the Sara
Hildén Museum have been extensive cross-sections of the
artist's whole production. This exhibition was a close-up of
Enroth's earliest works and included 21 paintings from
1945-47. The majority of the works were displayed for the
first time in the museum and many were restored and framed
especially for this exhibition.
The paintings gave the art public the opportunity to see
Enroth just as he was in the summer of 1945 when he arrived
in Tampere for the first time after just graduating from the
Ateneum. The exhibition also included works from 1945, when
Enroth studied in the Royal Art Academy of Stockholm. The
third group of paintings was from 1947, when Enroth very
quickly found his unique personal style during the summer
and autumn of that year.
The exhibition catalogue was the first volume of a major
research and publication project which used original sources
to examine Erik Enroth's art and working methods.
Professor Sara Hildén was an active participant in this
research and was able to give the project her invaluable
help.
Other galleries of the museum presented some of the main
of works from the collection of the Sara Hildén Foundation.
Catalogue:
Erik Enroth 1945-1947
1991, 80 pages
Sara Hildén Art Museum Publication 49 (Text in Finnish)
ISBN 942-9652-04-6
ISSN 0357-3001
Price FIM 40
1,531 visitors attended the exhibition.
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