New Art

My wife and I have a thing for a Dansih artist named Bjorn Wiinblad. He has since died but his artwork lives on in these whimsical and colorful characters, that for whatever reason speak to us in some way.

You may already know all of this if you follow my blog. I'm pretty sure that I've mentioned it more than once at this point.

Over the years we have purchased quite a few posters and prints online that we had framed. We probably have too many now actually. It's sort of turning into a "too much of a good thing" type scenario in our home. My wife and I both agreed that we wouldn't buy anymore going forward.

That is, after these new ones that we recently bought from an online mid century modern antique auction.

We found these two silk screen prints on wood panels and new that we would at least have to bid on them. They are very unique and we haven't seen any like them online as of yet. They are also quite massive in terms of their size, measuring approximately 6 feet tall by a little over 2 feet wide.

There were four panels being sold but we only had space for two of them. One of the other ones had a broken frame also which would have been a pain to get fixed I think.

We don't know their exact origin but believe that they were created for some sort of musical event or play or theater production, though we can't be sure. They just have that look about them. They came framed as I mentioned and I actually like the look of the frame, so that was a major plus for us as well. It mean't one less thing for us to do and one less expense.

Speaking of which, they were super cheap too. I don't think that there is a big demand for Wiinblad artwork in our area and maybe the timing of the auction so close to Christmas helped our cause as well?

We paid under $200 Cad for each, which is a steal considering that most of the unframed posters online cost more than that.

So we found a wall that they fit nicely on. What do you think? Let me know in the comments.