Carolus Enckell
Carolus Enckell (1945鈥�2017) ranked among Finland鈥檚 leading visual artists. In a career spanning seven decades, he produced a rich oeuvre of sophisticated, low-key compositions exploring the connections between color, light, perception, seeing and memory. For decades, Enckell鈥檚 key preoccupation was capturing a specific spirit of a place, whether inspired by a minimalistic, stylized landscape or a state of mind portrayed as an architectural space.
The legacy of modernism was ever-present in Enckell鈥檚 art. Borrowing from a tradition of studying two-dimensionality, he was a descendant of the Impressionists in his study of light, which he fused with various facets of the abstractionism, ranging from minimalism to Rothko鈥檚 neo-expressionism. His oeuvre is rich in allusions to art history, reflecting his deep interest and love of cultural history: his art incorporates diverse references ranging from Buddhist motifs and North African textiles to the ancient star maps of the Incas.
Carolus Enckell (1945鈥�2017) ranked among Finland鈥檚 leading visual artists. In a career spanning seven decades, he produced a rich oeuvre of sophisticated, low-key compositions exploring the connections between color, light, perception, seeing and memory. For decades, Enckell鈥檚 key preoccupation was capturing a specific spirit of a place, whether inspired by a minimalistic, stylized landscape or a state of mind portrayed as an architectural space.
The legacy of modernism was ever-present in Enckell鈥檚 art. Borrowing from a tradition of studying two-dimensionality, he was a descendant of the Impressionists in his study of light, which he fused with various facets of the abstractionism, ranging from minimalism to Rothko鈥檚 neo-expressionism. His oeuvre is rich in allusions to art history, reflecting his deep interest and love of cultural history: his art incorporates diverse references ranging from Buddhist motifs and North African textiles to the ancient star maps of the Incas.
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