Showing posts with label harlequin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label harlequin. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Observingarts: Harlequin - Picasso and Munch


Bjørn Ransves universe gives generous room for the harlequin as a motive. This mystic and ambiguous figure is a central motive in his production. The beauty of expression and colours speaks out for itself. 



"The harlequin figure was a basic motive in Ransve development as a painter. Of the many artists who have depicted harlequin figure, Ransve version are pointing with particular clarity against the early Picasso who in his " blue " and " pink " periods circled arond bohemians, jugglers and outside the mart track destinies. The saturated colors and line game in Munch 1890 century symbolism is not far away".

"Harlekin-figuren var et grunnleggende motiv i Ransves utvikling som maler. Av de mange billedkunstnere som har avbildet harlekin-skikkelsen peker Ransves versjon med særlig tydelighet mot den tidlige Picasso som i sine «blå» og «rosa» perioder kretset om bohemens, gjøglerens og outsiderens martrede skjebner. De mettede farver og linjespillet i Munchs 1890-talls symbolisme er heller ikke langt unna". 

«Bjørn Ransve», Audun Eckhoff, Orfeus Forlag 2000

Monday, June 15, 2015

"Blue Harkequin" by Bjørn Ransve




Blue Harkequin, 1981. Oil on canvas. 200 x 76 cm.


On this subject (Harlequin), it is difficult to avoid mentioning the example of Picasso who mirrored the famous trickster of the Italian commedia dell’arte, and made him a key element in many of his early works, as the numerous references in the literature on Picasso seem to attest.


Rita Selvaggio, “Memories of an unending beginning”. “Ransve paintings 1962 – 2009” Arnoldsche