NEW
Canceled exhibition 2020
Due to the Corona Pandemic this year's Bengt Lindström exhibition (August 22 - 23, 2020) at Storsjö Prästgård has been canceled.
Bengt Lindström 2020
Storsjö Prästgård
Storsjö kapell, Sweden
We welcome you to the next year's exhibition, in August 21 - 22, 2021 at Storsjö Prästgård.
Exhibition Sweden 2020
Zornmuseet in Mora
February 8 - April 19, 2020
"The graphic artist Bengt Lindström"
Storsjö Prästgård
Storsjö kapell, Sweden
August 24 - 25, 2019 at 12 - 16
Exhibition Sweden 2019
Exhibition Chicago 2019
Bengt Lindström Art Tour
THE MEMORIAL ART TOUR
"Bengt Lindström, The Master of Ancient Nordic Mythology"
This international memorial art exhibition will display hundreds of unique paintings by the Swedish artist Bengt Lindström, 1925 - 2008, who lived and worked in Paris. The premiere will be in the United States. The planned itinerary is the USA, Italy, Spain, Portugal, United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, France, Denmark, Finland, and Sweden. In 2017 and 2018, the Art Tour started up with previews in several places in Sweden that meant a lot to the artist, displaying selected artworks from the collection.
Welcome to enjoy Bengt Lindström's unique art!
Nordic Landscape oil painting 2 x 2 meters photo © Pekka Ronkainen
Biegga Galles oil painting 2 x 2 meters photo © Pekka Ronkainen
The Creation oil painting 2,5 x 2 meters
Hand woven Tapestry 3 x 3 meters
The Art exhibition Tour Plan
The international memorial exhibition "Bengt Lindström, The Master of Ancient Nordic Mythology". Planned itinerary: The United States, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands, France, Denmark, and Sweden.
ART EXHIBITION
TOUR PLAN
Planned itinerary
United States, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands, France, Denmark, Finland, and Sweden.
THE PREVIEWs 2018
Storsjö kapell
25th to 26th of Augusti 2018
Art exhibition Bengt Lindström
"The Girls on the Champs-Elysées"
Timrå 23rd to 25th of March 2018
Art exhibition Bengt Lindström
"World class Art by Lindström"
The previews in Sweden
Each preview of the international memorial exhibition, "Bengt Lindström, the Master of Ancient Nordic Mythology," is unique in itself, none like the other. In 2017 and 2018, before it was time for the entire exhibition to continue to the world's art metropolises, we exhibited selected artworks from the collection at a few locations in Sweden.
THE PREVIEWs 2017
September 2 - 3, 2017
I'm very pleased with the first preview in Storsjö kapell, the artist's birthplace. What an experience it has been! Great to meet so many Bengt Lindström art lovers.
December 1 - 3, 2017
It has been a great experience to show Bengt Lindström for the Mora audience. In Mora we were able to display 47 large art pieces by Bengt Lindström. All the paintings made a fantastic impact when displayed side by side.
The first preview was in Storsjö kapell and the second in Mora.
THE ARTIST
BENGT LINDSTRÖM
Bengt Lindström used dramatic colors in his paintings. Colors and shapes work together to reproduce powerful expressions. Bengt used to say, "The colors in my paintings are those that are found at home in Norrland when the snow is gone. Blue is the mountains, red is the autumn landscape, green and yellow are the spring and summer.
Bengt Lindström was born on September 3, 1925 in the small mountain village of Storsjö kapell, in Härjedalen, Norrland, Sweden. He grew up in this mythical wilderness with mountains, lakes, forests and animals. The local lumberjacks and the Sámi people told him many stories revealing the legends and mysteries of the Great North. His father's close friend, Kråik, chieftain of the nearby Sámi village, was also Bengt's godfather. Just after Bengt was born, Kråik performed the ceremony, "Baptism of the earth," during which Bengt was moved trough the roots of a dead tree to ensure that the spirits would protect him from the perils of life.
Bengt Lindström
Like all other great artists, Bengt Lindström was very productive and arranged annual exhibitions in many places around the world. His use of strong colors and rapid, powerful brushstrokes prompted the Italians to call him The North Wind, “Vento del Nord”.
STORSJÖ KAPELL
The artist Bengt Lindström
was born on September 3, 1925 in the small village of Storsjö kapell in Härjedalen, Norrland, Sweden. He grew up in this mythical wilderness with mountains, lakes, forests and animals. The lumberjacks and the Sámi people told him many stories revealing the legends and mysteries of the Great North.
Storsjö kapell
Storsjö kapell is a genuine mountain village in Ljungdalsfjällen, Norrland, Sweden. About 100 inhabitants live here today. The village has a beautiful church with a large and unique oil painting by Bengt Lindström in the sacristy, a gift to the village people from him in 1968. Storsjö kapell is a wonderful spot for fishing, mountain hiking, bird watching, holidays in the wilderness, Bengt Lindström excursions, relaxation, art, and culture. You are most welcome to visit Bengt Lindström's birthplace. Contact The Bengt Lindström Society for further information and bookings. Accommodation can be arranged at Storsjö Prästgård in Storsjö kapell.
The team, from the left: Curt Aspelin, Virve Arama, Gunvi Hellström Åslund, Mats Lundberg, Marie Jonsson with her daughter Cecilia, Karin Åslund, Ingrid Ronkainen, Emma Fjellström and Anita Moén. Team Storsjö kapell also includes Eva Moén, Pekka Ronkainen, Elin Åslund, Johanna Engström and Christian Åslund.
Team "Storsjö kapell"
The team, from the left: Marie Jonsson, Ingrid Ronkainen, Virve Arama and Curt Aspelin. Team Mora also includes Pekka Ronkainen, Jeff Burke and Camilla Sundell.
Team "Mora"
Team "Art Tour 2018 - 2021"
Curt Aspelin, chairman of the Bengt Lindström Society, and his network of Bengt Lindström art collectors are organizing The Bengt Lindström Art Tour and the memorial exhibition "Bengt Lindström, The Master of Ancient Nordic Mythology".
CONTACT
Inquiries
For any inquiries, questions, visiting arrangements or newsletters, please send a message giving the following information:
Bengt Lindström Art Tour
The Bengt Lindström Society
Storsjö 311
845 98 Storsjö kapell
Sweden
info@bengt-lindstrom-art-tour.se
Bengt Lindström Art Shop
Give us a call:
Ingrid Ronkainen +46 70 756 85 65
Pekka Ronkainen +46 70 954 57 17
Curt Aspelin +46 70 463 77 73