Olle Baertling - Baertlingfoundation

Holder of scholarship in the years 1983-2013:

Holder of the special prize
Every five years to an established artist who has long worked in Olle Baertling's spirit
2006 - Nils Kölare
2011 - Cajsa Holmstrand

The prize for 2013

"No.2" 2013, oil and acrylic on scrim, 250x125 cm.

"No.7" 2013, acrylic on scrim,
250x125 cm

The special prize 2011
Distribute every fifth year

"Vikbart Gul", 2009, screen printing, 50x33cm

"Pythagoras red", 2009, screen printing, 90x35cm

"Pythagoras(1)", 1999, screen printing, 50x35cm

Grounds for the award:
Cajsa Holmstrand receive the special prize for a artistic ability in the spirit of Olle Baertling.
Her art is a beautiful and pleasurable consequence of the efforts to artistically portray one of the oldest and most well-known formulas in the geometry, Pythagoras theorem or Fermat's enigma.

"Pythagoras(2)", 1999, screen printing, 50x35cm

"Pythagoras(3)", 1999, screen printing, 50x35cm

Characterization:
Since the 70's she has been interested in the possibility of making the Pythagoras theorem valid for a three-dimensional image. She has been dealing with relations between a different number of cubes which generated an enormous number of beautiful and exciting works of art.

The special prize 2006

Nils Kölare
1930 - 2007

FourSquares

BlueSquares

The Kiel Art Gallery

The Kiel Art Gallery, light-court

The year 2003, in collaboration with The Foundation, two large one man exhibition took place - one in
The Art Gallery in Mjellby, Halmstad,
and one in
Gallerie Denise Rene in Paris.

2003 arrangerades två stora utställningar i
samarbete med stiftelsen - en i Mellby konstmuseum, Halmstad
och en i Galleri Denise René, Paris.

The Bærtling foundation - a short presentation The Bærtling foundation was constituted by Olle Bærtling and his wife Lisa von Roxendorf-Bærtling. It is a foundation under supervision of the County Administrative Board.	Lisa and Olle Baertling in the exhibition "Herbin-Baertling" at Galeri Brinken, Stockholm 1951		Bærtlingstiftelsen - en kort presentation Bærtlingstiftelsen, som konstituerades 1983, grundades av Olle Bærtling och hans hustru Lisa von Roxendorf-Bærtling, Stockholm. Den är en allmännyttig stiftelse som står under tillsyn av Länsstyrelsen i Stockholms län.

Scholarship			Stipendium
A scholarship in painting and sculpture is distribute to young artists every year by the foundation. The scholarship is distributed after proposal of experts. There is consequently no application procedure. From the year 2006 a special prize is distribute every fifth year.	"Lisa" 1939 46 x 42 cm	"Lisa" 1945 100 x 81 cm	Stiftelsen delar ut ett stipendium varje år i måleri och skulptur till unga bildkonstnärer. Stipendiet utdelas efter förslag av sakkunniga. Ansökningsförfarande tillämpas således inte. Från och med år 2006 delas ett hederspris ut vart femte år.


Baertling in front of Curtain for The Center of Culture, "Kulturhuset", in Stockholm 1974.		Curtain for The Center of Culture, Size 490 x 5100 cm.


Entrancehall in the first skyscraper in the City Center, Stockholm 1958-60		Baertling-flags infront of The National Museum of Fine Arts in Stockholm


Baertling-flags infront of The National Museum of Fine Arts in Stockholm		Baertling-flags infront of The National Museum of Fine Arts in Stockholm

The foundation has also the mission to bring knowledge about artistic work of Bærtling. With this in view exhibitions have been organised in museums and institutions in Sweden and abroad. Works of Olle Bærtling have been exhibited in museums in Bottorp, Eindhofen and Lübeck in the year 1983-1984. Exhibitions have also taken place in Museum of Art in Kalmar and in Stockholm at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, The Museum of Milles (Millesgården) and The House of Sculptures. Works of Baertling have also been exposed in Helsinki, Finland and Reykjavik, Iceland. The year 2001 a large one man exhibition was organized by The Kiel Art Gallery in Germany - photos from the exhibition in Kiel.		Stiftelsen har också till uppgift att sprida kännedom om Olle Bærtlings konstnärliga verksamhet. I detta syfte har utställningar anordnats på museer och institutioner inom och utom landet. Sålunda har verk av Olle Bærtling bl.a. utställts på museer i Bottorp, Eindhofen och Lübeck under 1983-1984. Utställningar har också ägt rum i Sverige på Konstakademien, Millesgården och Skulpturens Hus i Stockholm, samt i Kalmar konstmuseum. Verk av Baertling har vidare utställts på museer i Helsingfors och Reykjavik under 90-talet. År 2001 arrangerades en stor retrospektiv Baertlingutställning av Kunsthalle zu Kiel - bilder från utställningen i Kiel.

The Kiel Art Gallery		The Kiel Art Gallery, light-court

The year 2003, in collaboration with The Foundation, two large one man exhibition took place - one in The Art Gallery in Mjellby, Halmstad, and one in Gallerie Denise Rene in Paris.		2003 arrangerades två stora utställningar i samarbete med stiftelsen - en i Mellby konstmuseum, Halmstad och en i Galleri Denise René, Paris.

The Art Gallery in Mjellby, entrance		Gallerie Denise René in Paris

The year 2005, in collaboration with The Foundation, one exhibition took place - "Bærtling in The Publicity" at Fullersta Cinema Art Gallery in Huddinge, suburb to Stockholm.		2005 arrangerades en utställning i samarbete med stiftelsen - "Baertling i offentligheten", på Fullersta Bio Konsthall i Huddinge.

Catalogue to the exhibition Baertling in The Publicity		Fullersta Cinema Art Gallery

The year 2007-2008, in collaboration with The Foundation, two large one man exhibition took place - one in Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo, Norway "OLLE BAERTLING - EN MODERNE KLASSIKER" The National Museum of Fine Arts in Oslo and one in Moderna museet, Stockholm, Sweden "OLLE BAERTLING - EN MODERN KLASSIKER"		2007-2008 anordnades två stora monografiska utställningar i samverkan med stiftelsen - en på Nasjonalmuseet i Oslo "OLLE BAERTLING - EN MODERNE KLASSIKER" vilken därefter, i modifierad form, visades på Moderna museet i Stockholm "OLLE BAERTLING - EN MODERN KLASSIKER" The Museum of Modern Art in Stockholm

The year 2008(oct)-2009(may) the first major one man exhibition in the USA, since the seventies, took place at the Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas - "OLLE BAERTLING A MODERN CLASSIC" an exhibition of paintings and sculpture from 1952-1980		2008-2009 visades den första större separatutställningen sedan sjuttitalet i USA. I samarbete med Moderna museet och stiftelsen arrangerade the Cinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas utställningen "OLLE BAERTLING A MODERN CLASSIC" målningar och skulptur från 1952-1980


Long-term loans		Långtidslån
Information and knowledge of the pioneering arts of Olle Bærtling is also spread through donations and long term loans. The Nordrein-Westfalen Art Museum in Düsseldorf has for example received a donation of two paintings and one sculpture, which are exhibited in the collection besides other constructive artists. Paintings and sculptures have been lent as long-term loans from the foundation to different places in Sweden and abroad. The Swedish embassies in Paris, Moskva, Berlin and Vienna have for example received paintings from the foundation. Long-term loans, some example		Även stiftelsens donationer och depositioner har bidragit till att sprida kunskap om Olle Bærtlings banbrytande konst. Museet i Düsseldorf har till exempel mottagit en donation av två målningar och en skulptur, vilka visas i museets samlingar vid sidan av andra internationellt kända konstruktiva konstnärer. På Sveriges ambassader i bl.a. Paris, Moskva, Berlin och Wien finns verk av Bærtling som deponerades av Bærtlingstiftelsen. Långtidslån, några exempel

Contact		Kontakt
Thanks to ownership of over 300 work of art the foundation has a unique opportunity to lend paintings, sculptures, graphic arts and textiles to museums, institutions in order to make exhibitions with the arts of Olle Bærtling. The foundation responds to all inquires for this purpose. Contact can be taken with the president Mr Stellan Ellboj, Nationalmuseum (The National Museums of Fine Arts), Box 16176, 103 24 Stockholm, Sweden, telephone:+46 8 519 543 77, mail: sej@nationalmuseum.se or executive member of the board Mr Hans Dyhlén, Box 14215, 104 40 Stockholm. telephone: 08-662 78 00, mail:dyhlen@tele2.se		Till följd av att Bærtlingstiftelsen med äganderätt eller på annat sätt förfogar över sammanlagt ca 300 verk (målningar, grafiska blad, textiler och skulpturer) av Olle Bærtling kan stiftelsen erbjuda unika möjligheter för museer och institutioner att på ett rationellt och ekonomiskt sätt ordna utställningar med Bærtlings konst. Stiftelsen besvarar gärna förfrågningar i detta syfte. Kontakt kan i så fall tas med stiftelsens ordförande Stellan Ellboj, Nationalmuseum, Box 16176, 103 24 Stockholm, tfn. 08-519 543 77, mail: sej@nationalmuseum.se eller verkställande styrelseledamoten Hans Dyhlén, Box 14215, 104 40 Stockholm fn. 08-662 78 00 mail:dyhlen@tele2.se

Name:	telephone:
Mrs Jeanette Bonniér	+46 8 736 44 95
Mr Hans Dyhlén, Executive Member Director	+46 8 662 78 00
Mrs Ann Edholm, Artist	+46 70 920 03 51
Mr Stellan Ellboj, President Curator at The National Museum of Fine Arts	+46 70 433 43 77
Mr Mattias Hedwall, Advokat, Attorney at Baker & McKenzie Law Firm (Advokatbyrå)	+46 8 566 177 00
Mr Håkan Nilsson, PhD and Art critic	+46 8 702 24 58
Mr Lars Nittve, Director at M+, Hongkong

Holder of scholarship in the years 1983-2013:
	1983 - Ann Edholm 1984 - Ann Makander 1985 - Roland Borén 1986 - Johan Widén 1987 - Eva Lindblad 1988 - Olle Borg 1989 - Elisabet Sagefors 1990 - Illkka Pärni 1991 - Anders Engman 1992 - Mats Gus Gustavsson 1993 - Michael West 1994 - Sophie Tottie 1995 - Per Kesselmar 1996 - Michael Schleu 1997 - Niklas Bergquist 1998 - Joanna Etherton 1999 - Andreas Höök 2000 - Rickard Sollman 2001 - Andreas Eriksson and Jacob Dahlgren 2003 - Lisa Jonasson 2004 - Drott Johan Löfgren 2005 - Astrid Sylwan 2006 - Anna Wignell 2007 - Martin Sundvall 2008 - Jakob Ojanen 2009 - Ebba Bohlin 2010 - Elisabeth Frieberg 2011 - Sara Trovik 2012 - Olof Inger 2013 - Disa Rytt

	Holder of the special prize Every five years to an established artist who has long worked in Olle Baertling's spirit 2006 - Nils Kölare 2011 - Cajsa Holmstrand


	The prize for 2013
	Disa Rytt
"Halter des Nichts", 2013, acrylic on scrim, 250x125cm.		"No.4" 2013, oil and acrylic on scrim, 250x125 cm
"No.2" 2013, oil and acrylic on scrim, 250x125 cm.	"No.2" 2013, oil and acrylic on scrim, 250x125 cm.	"No.7" 2013, acrylic on scrim, 250x125 cm
Born: 1984, Linköping, Sweden Education: 2006-2012: Fine Art, MFA, Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm 2005-2006: Fine Art, Art School Gotland 2004-2005: Photography, Public High School, Gotland Representation: The Police Art Association Mastiff ArtAassociation Private Collections	"Untitled" 2012, chlorine bleach and acrylic on linen, 90x75cm.


	The special prize 2011 Distribute every fifth year

"Vikbart Gul", 2009, screen printing, 50x33cm	Cajsa Holmstrand	"Pythagoras red", 2009, screen printing, 90x35cm
"Pythagoras(1)", 1999, screen printing, 50x35cm	Grounds for the award: Cajsa Holmstrand receive the special prize for a artistic ability in the spirit of Olle Baertling. Her art is a beautiful and pleasurable consequence of the efforts to artistically portray one of the oldest and most well-known formulas in the geometry, Pythagoras theorem or Fermat's enigma.	"Pythagoras(2)", 1999, screen printing, 50x35cm
Born: 1951 Education: Capellagården-School of craft and design, Vickleby, Sweden University College of Arts, Crafts and Design, Stockholm, Swedwn. Representation/Public works: The Hospital of Huddinge 1981 The Hospital of Karolinska, Stockholm 1986 Post terminal Gothenburg 1986 Akademiska sjukhuset Uppsala (hospital) 1988 Post terminal Helsingborg 1989 The bar of the theatre, Stockholm´s Stadsteater 1990 Knutpunkten Helsingborg´s station 1991 The University of Luleå 1993 Stureby School Stockholm 2000.	"Pythagoras(3)", 1999, screen printing, 50x35cm	Characterization: Since the 70's she has been interested in the possibility of making the Pythagoras theorem valid for a three-dimensional image. She has been dealing with relations between a different number of cubes which generated an enormous number of beautiful and exciting works of art.


	The special prize *2006*
	Nils Kölare 1930 - 2007
	He got the specialprize 2006 for a artistic ability in the spirit of Olle Baertling. Few unite as he poetry paintings with geometrical stringency. Enjoy the accuracy, be seduced by the sensuous surfaces.
Was for the most part active in Stockholm Education: University College of Arts in Stockholm. Public works: Light-courts in Huddinge hospital Curtain in auditorium, School of Hagalund Mural painting in hospital of Danderyd Post terminal in Göteborg, Hospital of Ryhov in Jönköping Colouration for Elektrolux engineering plant in Mariestad and others.	FourSquares BlueSquares	Characterization: A geometric nonfigurative painting by musical, non dogmatic character, where the colours and the forms of "tone value" forms a construction work in the symphony of picture. Representation/Works: The National Museum of Fine Art in Stockholm, The Museum of Modern Art in Stockholm, The Art Museums in Norrköping, Eskildstuna, Gävle and Sundsvall. In several Rural district and County council in Sweden.