Original Art Deco Cubist Painting “The Couple” by Vilhelm Lundstrom

This wonderful modernist art deco cubist Painting of a couple all dressed up in their finest cubist clothes with a rather Bauhaus point of view, so 20th Century. This original gouache and tempura with lots of nice background brush detail was executed in the 1930′s by one of Denmark’s most successful modernist painters Vilhelm Lundstrom. It was he who introduced French Cubism to Denmark. The painting is signed “VL” in lower right corner. Painting has been re-framed to museum standards.

Vilhelm Lundstrøm was one of Denmark’s most successful modernist painters. It was he who introduced French cubism to Denmark. He was educated at the Royal Danish Academy of Art where he studied under Rostrup Böyesen. Wikipedia Born: 1893 Died: 1950