Lot #52: Signed Endel Ruberg Modernist Abstract City Oil Painting

No issuesIn watercolours, Endel Ruberg discovered a technique to produce naturally occurring frost patterns in his paintingsthe akvarelli klmutustehnika (an Estonian expression meaning watercolour freeze technique).[9] The akvarelli klmutustehnika relies on painting outdoors during winter, allowing the cold air to condense and crystallize the watercolour paints as they dry. In those cold working conditions Ruberg painted with urgency, his brushwork displaying a fluid and spontaneous style.[10] The akvarelli klmutustehnika introduces unpredictable geometric patterns, which appear as dendrite formations, needle-like structures, and arrow-like patterns depending on the wind conditions. Ruberg intentionally wanted the natural environment to contribute to his artwork, to enhance the atmospheric quality of the work and to establish a collaboration between artist and nature.[9]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endel_RubergHis works won over 50 awards and prizes - among them the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Jubilee Medal for contribution to Canadian art (1978). Since 1979, his works are on permanent display in the Montral Museum of Fine Arts.