Sam Vanni

Sam Vanni Finland 1906‑1992. Sommitelma. Signerad S. Vanni samt signerad på passepartoun Sam Vanni. Gouache, 20 x 25 (dagermått). Sam Vanni Signed S. Vanni. Gouache 20 x 25 cm. Ej examinerad ur ram. A tergo märkt 27. Sam Vanni var en finländsk målare och grafiker. Han studerade vid School of Fine Arts Association i Helsingfors och vid Accademia di Belle Arti i Florens. Vanni verkade som elev till skulptören Wäinö Aaltonen och genomförde dekoration till Helsingfors parlamentsbyggnad. Hans konst kännetecknas av färgglada kompositioner. Smärre färgbortfall och krackelyrer. Rammått 45 x 57. Not examined out of frame. Loss of paint.

420. Sam Vanni 1908-1992 MULTIDIMENSIONAL SPACE". Sign. -61. Oil on canvas 100x130 cm. Sam Vanni (1908 - 1992) “My art is not representational, it’’’’s expressive, allowing everyone the freedom to interpret it in their own way”, was Vanni’’’’ s answer to the question as to what his paintings depicted. Vanni’’’’ s art is influenced by constructivism as well as by informalism: two partially opposed movements within abstract art. In its purest form, constructivism is completely void of symbolic references to reality. One of the pioneers of constructivism, Theo van Doesburg, held that only lines, surface and colour are real and that a picture must be constructed based on these parameters. Similarly, non-figurative informalism allows room for the artist’’’’s emotions and emphasizes the importance of spontaneity. Vanni’’’’s view of art was similar to that held by Kandinsky. According to Kandinsky, a painting must be born out of the interaction between logical reasoning, awareness, intent and determination. Music was an infinite source of inspiration for both Vanni and Kandinsky and Sam Vanni believed that the lines, the surface and the colours of a painting express emotions the same way that music does. A variation of a painting with the same name executed in the same year, which forms part of Ateneum collection. Litterature: Tuula Karjalainen: Uuden kuvan rakentajat, konkretismin läpimurto Suomessa. Picture on pages 120-121.

1245 D - SAM VANNI Finland 1908-1992 Le Parisien - motiv från Paris Signerad och daterad S. Vanni -40. Olja på duk, 69 x 100 cm. Signed and dated. Oil on canvas. Estimate: SEK 20 000-25 000 (EUR 2 000-2 500) Contact our experts about this object Place an absentee bid on this object Bidding closes 2009-10-29 - 11:00 (CET)

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