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Milly Ristvedt
Act of Silence - grids of black, white, orange, red, abstract, acrylic on canvas

1995

About the Item

A grid of painterly black and white is balanced with large squares of fiery orange and gold each in this bold canvas by Milly Ristvedt. The edges of the squares pulse back and forth within the structured composition. Milly Ristvedt (b. 1942, Kimberley, BC) MA, RCA, began her career in Toronto in 1964 after studies with Takao Tanabe at the Vancouver School of Art. At 24, her work was included in the Centennial Exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario and featured at the National Gallery of Canada. She was chosen for prestigious exhibitions in Winnipeg, Paris and Lausanne. She was also elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 2004 and honored with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012. Since 1968, Ristvedt has received seven Canada Council awards and two Ontario Arts Council awards. She is an established maker of post-painterly abstractions. Early in her career, by 1969 in Toronto, Ristvedt was sharing a studio with Jack Bush and showing with the Carmen Lamanna Gallery, she met art critic Clement Greenberg and was inspired by American painters Jules Olitiski and Frank Stella. That same year, Barry Lord observed in Art in America that Ristvedt’s paintings were “…more insistent than Bush, more consciously structured than Molinari.” Her work can be found in major public collections including the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, The Musée d'art contemporain in Montreal, Harvard University, Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada Council Art Bank, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Agnes Etherington Art Centre and more. Her work has been included in many publications, including Nasgaard’s Abstract Painting in Canada (2014). She has had over 50 solo exhibitions and been part of countless group shows.
  • Creator:
    Milly Ristvedt (1942, Canadian)
  • Creation Year:
    1995
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 36 in (91.44 cm)Width: 36 in (91.44 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Bloomfield, CA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU2913192871
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