Rune Lundmark (1924–1985). Painter, page 2

Rune Lundmark made his debut in 1944 aged only 19

Separate exhibitions in selection:

Skellefteå 1944
Lycksele 1945
Luleå, Umeå 1946
Kramfors 1948
Sollefteå 1949
Sandviken 1951
Härnösand 1952, 1954, 1957, 1959, 1967
Timrå konstförening 1967
Sundsvall 1970, 1983
Galerie Aesthetica, Stockholm 1972

 

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Rune Lundmark belonged to those artists who had learnt his trade from by studying the basic drawing techniques, giving him a firm ground to stand on.

 

To show-case a solid painting technique is not something that you can take for granted nowadays. I can never respect anything in cultural life which does without a well-founded craftsmanship or otherwise displays some kind of deeply rooted thought process for its creation. You need a technique to express yourself, otherwise the expression has an tendency to be both over-emotional and un-intelligent at the same time. During the development of a technique, the hardships involved in this growth process will strengthen your mind and sharpen your senses and make you a better artist.

 

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This is a very large painting "Towards the same destination" portraying the famous "Lapporten" 
in north of Sweden as a symbol for the gate to life after death. 

In an earlier picture Rune Lundmark painted this mountain in a more realistic manner. 
The actual area was formed during the ice-age. Some ten or fifteen years later the artist produced 
a series of wood-cuts of the same symbolic landscape. He added a poem (by Evald Westerlund) 
to this much smaller picture, describing the religious significance of the scene.

 

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A large painting from his years exploring Impressionism (1968–1974). A work clearly inspired 
of Claude Monet, the leading figure of impressionistic painting.

 

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Important joint exhibitions for Rune Lundmark:

"6 Härnösandskonstnärer" 1951
"Höstsalongen Ångermanlänningar" Sollefteå 1957
"Y-salongen" 1960–1972 (Västernorrlands Läns Landsting)
"Västernorrlänningar" Lidingö 1971–72 (Västernorrlands Läns Landsting)
"Vår sociala miljö" 1973 (Sundsvalls konstförening)
"Konstnärer i Västernorrland" 1973, Sundsvalls museum, Skövde konsthall (Västernorrlands Läns Landsting)
"Konstens stormarknad", Sveagalleriet, Stockholm 1973
Vandringsutställningen "8 Medelpadskonstnärer" 1971-72 (Västernorrlands Läns Landsting)
"Konstnärer i Sundsvall", Björneborg och Vasa, Finland 1973 (Sundsvalls Kulturnämnd)
"Västernorrlänningar" 1973–74, Kramfors, Luleå, Kiruna, Kalix & Arvidsjaur (Västernorrlands Läns Landsting)
"16 Västernorrlänningar" Östersunds museum (Västernorrlands Läns Landsting)

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This painting is a child of its time. It reflects the growing protests directed against the U.S. 
during the Vietnam war. But this is not a direct comment on this war, but rather a pacifistic 
outcry against the cruelty of all wars.

 

These figures seem rather threatening in their tense appearance, but the shining 
colours – typical of my father’s work – tells a different story ...

 

 

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"Whirl", "Concave–Plane–Convex" and "Oxeye daisy",
three wooden figures for the new Hospital in Sundsvall.

   

 

 

A big wooden carving of the sun in different positions during a day!

 

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Rune married Ingrid in 1954 and they had three sons (left to right): 
Torgny, Anders (computer engineer) and Jörgen (journalist).

 

              

 

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