59. 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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