Prachtige litho/kunstwerk van Olle Eksell (1918-2007)

' One Way'
Gemaakt voor Ikea 2015, als eerbetoon aan de grafisch kunstenaar werd een serie ONSKEDROM gelanceerd, met zijn typische vogels.
Deze gesigneerde listig, geframed in hout met glas is een echt minimalistisch plaatje
afmetingen 52/52/5 cm

Olle Eksell a Swedish born graphic designer and illustrator, He was born in 1918 in
Kopparberg. At the age of 14 Olle, decided that he wanted to become an advertising
illustrator. During WW II from 1930 to 1941, Olle studied illustration and graphic art in
Stockholm where his main teacher was Professor Hugo Steiner-Prag.
Olle Eksell was considered a pioneer in graphic design, Sweden had certain design
traditions to do with advertising such as how a layout of a poster would look, Eksell
pushed the boundaries of the design concepts in sweden and brought in new ideas
heavily influenced by western cultures that he experienced.
He then went onto work at the Ervaco advertising agency in Sweden where he met his
future wife, Ruthel Eksell.
In 1946 The couple went to LA, where they continued their studies into the field of
graphic design at The Art Centre College of Design in Los Angeles, the year after world
war II ended they took this trip as before bordered were restricted on travelling.
Little known fact about Olle Eksell is that he was fascinated and loved drawings birds,
they were frequently featured in his works and thousands of sketches of birds by the
time he died.
He wrote several books among them was a book called Economy=design which I have
ordered, the book talks about the connection between good design and a countries
economy.

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