Ole Kandelin

It is difficult to name one single work as Ole Kandelin's 'most famous', as sources do not directly evaluate his body of work. However, the Ateneum Art Museum in Helsinki holds Kandelin's 1976 piece, *Red Star*, executed in watercolour and pastel. Other notable pieces by Kandelin include *Biking Hamlet* (1976), *Noah's Dream* (1978), and *Fire Chief* (1979). His preferred media were watercolour, pastel, and India ink. Kandelin frequently combined these media in single works, such as *The Sphinx's Dream* (1981), which used both watercolour and India ink. Kandelin's artworks are held in several collections, including the Amos Anderson Art Museum in Helsinki, and private collections in Helsinki, Stockholm, and Connecticut.

When considering Ole Kandelin's prints, bear in mind that the concept of a limited edition is relatively recent. Originally, prints served a function as religious imagery, or as the only publicly accessible visual form. As their role changed, prints became a commodity, a shift that affected how their worth was judged. The Professional Art Dealers Association of Canada has defined an original print as an image conceived and executed solely as a print, usually in a numbered edition, and signed by the artist. Each print is made individually from a plate, stone, screen, or block created for that purpose, making it a "multi-original". The artist decides the number of prints in the edition, and sequential numbering accounts for the prints; for example, 12/25 means it is number 12 of an edition of 25. The edition claim is typically written as a pair of numbers on the left bottom margin of the print, with the print number above the edition size. The title is in the centre, and the signature on the right.

Ole Kandelin was a German artist associated with Expressionism, particularly during its early phase. Expressionism in Germany, from 1905 to 1920, encompassed a broad range of subjective expression, with regional variations. Kandelin, along with others such as Emil Nolde and Paula Modersohn-Becker, represents the North German strain of Expressionism. These artists, often from rural backgrounds, expressed an unsophisticated, instinctive connection to their native countryside. Their art was characterised by visionary elements and a sense of unity between humanity and nature. Expressionism sought to challenge traditional values through a deliberately primitive style. The woodcut, a historically democratic medium for German artists, saw a resurgence during this time. While Expressionism had a few leading figures, its character remained complex, with genuine drama existing alongside theatrical gestures. Some artists used Expressionism's capacity for social and political commentary.

Ole Kandelin was born on 22 August 1897 in St Petersburg, Russia. He died on 13 December 1944 in Neuilly, France, from a sclerosis in the cerebellum. Kandelin's career took him across Europe. In the early 1920s, he accepted a professorship at the Weimar Bauhaus, where he taught life classes and became deputy director of the mural painting workshop. The Bauhaus relocated to Dessau in 1925, and Kandelin moved with it. During this period, he became a German citizen in 1928. The rise of Nazism in Germany affected Kandelin. In 1937, many of his works in German museums were confiscated by the Nazis and included in the Entartete Kunst (Degenerate Art) exhibition in Munich. By 1939, he was corresponding with French officials and was decreed a French citizen. Despite offers of passage to New York, Kandelin remained in France during the Second World War, exhibiting clandestinely due to the Nazi occupation.

Ole Kandelin (born 1941) is a Swedish artist whose work has been exhibited widely since the 1960s. He studied at Gerlesborgsskolan, Stockholm, from 1960 to 1962, and at the College of Art in Stockholm from 1962 to 1968. Kandelin became a professor at the College of Art in 1979. His work has been shown in solo exhibitions at Observatorium, Stockholm (1966); Galerie Aronowitsch, Stockholm (1966, 1975); Galerie Buren, Stockholm (1969, 1972, 1975, 1976); Norrkoping Art Museum, Norrkoping (1974); Gothenburg Art Hall, Gothenburg (1974); Moderna Museet, Stockholm (1977, 1980); Kunsthalle, Basel (1978); and Louisiana, Humlebxk, Denmark (1982). Kandelin's work is represented in the collections of Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Nationalmuseum, Stockholm; Musee National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Art Museum, Basel; Bergen Picture Gallery, Bergen, Norway; and Ateneum, Helsinki.

Ole Kandelin was born in 1920 in Finland. Ole Kandelin died in 1947, aged 27.

Ole Kandelin died in 1947 at the age of 27.