Tobias Taxgård

Artist - Designer - Collector

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Accumulation of Nets No.7 (1962) by Yayoi Kusama. Collage of gelatine silver prints. From the collection of Agnes Gund, courtesy of MoMa. Photo © Tobias Taxgård. #yayoikusama #kusama #moma #museumofmodernart #agnesgund #gelatinesilverprint #art #modernart #abstractart #museum #blackandwhite #earthtones #livingwithart #newyork #accumulationofnets #iconicart #japaneseart #japanese #japan #nippon #1960s #contemporaryart #abstractexpressionism #popart #minimalism #conseptualart (på/i MoMA The Museum of Modern Art) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEgoyfKB2Af/?igshid=vj0bg1v0lawa

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Iconic sculptures by Constantin Brâncuși: The Cock (left, 1924), Bird in Space (at the back, 1928), Blond Negress II (1933) and partially showing Mlle Pogany (1913). Courtesy of The Museum of Moder Art, New York. Photo © Tobias Taxgård. #constantinbrancusi #constantinbrâncuși #moma #newyork #art #sculpture #design #brass #museum #interior #livingwithart #abstractart #1920s #artdeco #brancusi #birdinspace #mllepogany #woman #women #portrait #iconicart (på/i MoMA The Museum of Modern Art) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEerBRkBA-o/?igshid=1lepakzxprp8k

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Iconic sculptures by Constantin Brâncuși: The Cock (left, 1924), Bird in Space (at the back, 1928), Blond Negress II (1933) and partially showing Mlle Pogany (1913). Courtesy of The Museum of Moder Art, New York. Photo © Tobias Taxgård. #constantinbrancusi #constantinbrâncuși #moma #newyork #art #sculpture #design #brass #museum #interior #livingwithart #abstractart #1920s #artdeco #brancusi #birdinspace #mllepogany #woman #women #portrait #iconicart (på/i MoMA The Museum of Modern Art) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEerBRkBA-o/?igshid=da6pud0h1ffl

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#Tiger and magpie" by an anonymous artist, Joseon ca.19th century. Hanging scroll in ink, color and gold on paper. From the collection of @ostasiatiska Photo © Tobias Taxgård. #tiger #magpie #joseon #19thcentury #art #antiques #design #interior #museum #östasiatiskamuseet #asian #asianart #ink #koreanart #chineseart #korea #china #gold #animals #koreanempire #大朝鮮國 #대조선국 #한국인 #韓國人 #koryo #goryeo #대한민국 #한국 미술 (på/i Östasiatiska museet) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEePWxGBcqb/?igshid=17vpa8ourbqdt

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The old home. Still in love with the rare modernist grand piano in teak, brass and black lacquer by architect Torben Christensen from ca. 1955. Accompanied by Magnus Stephensen chair, Paavo Tynell floorlamp for Taito ca. 1940s and a Gunnar Nylund camouflage vase from the 50s. The artwork and ceramics by me. #torbenchristensen #andreaschristensen #flygel #grandpiano #magnusstephensen #gunnarnylund #rörstrand#tynell #paavotynell #oytaitoab #interior #interiordesign #interiorarchitecture #architecture #architecturaldigest #piano #musicinstrument #decoration #livingwithart #art #ceramics #ceramicart #design #scandinaviandesign #scandinavianmodern #stockholm #sweden #inredning #midcenturymodern #interiör https://www.instagram.com/p/CEeLi3hs-wj/?igshid=l2p05ssszoif

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DIEGO GIACOMETTI

Diego Giacometti

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ROBERT MOTHERWELL Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 70 (detail) , USA 1961. Oil on canvas. Art © Dedalus Foundation /Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Photo © Tobias Taxgård. #robertmotherwell #elegytothespanishrepublic #art #modernart #expressionism #themet #themetropolitanmuseumofart #newyork #abstractart #black #white #cream #blackandwhite #museum #1960s #design #livingwithart #oiloncanvas #iconicart (på/i The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEcC6AIM2C0/?igshid=1kfhmqjsqqmxd

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Beautiful, unique ceiling light by Paavo Tynell from the Pallastunturi Ski Lodge (architect Jouko Ylihannu, completed 1948), Finland 1947, with hand hammered shades made of solid copper, a rather unusual material for Tynell. On the second image there is a view from the lounge room facing the deserted Pallastunturi fell with outstanding and rather special highback loungchairs by Lasse Ollinkari with reindeer covers on the backs. The pendant lights even in here are by Tynell. The ski lodge in whole is a great example of the short lived period of the new national romantic style in Finland after the wars, where the designers and architects used a lot of natural materials such as solid timber and got inspired by nature and folklore as a counterreaction to modernism and harsness of the war. The interior photo by Aarne Pietinen. #pallastunturi #skilodge #tynell #paavotynell #lasseollinkari #joukoylihannu #folklore #nationalromanticism #timber #interior #architecture #interiordesign #interiorarchitecture #decoration #reindeer#loungechair #finland #nordicmodern #1940s #copper #lamp #lightingdesign #midcenturymodern #mcm#nordiccountries #lapland #blackandwhite #sculputure #art #metalart (på/i Pallastunturi) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEbqkiOMidX/?igshid=ha1uwxm60qz8

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Interior with Young Woman Seen from the Back by Vilhelm Hammershøi ca.1903-04, Denmark. There was a BBC article written last year where the journalist wrote that Hammershøi's painting are disturbing and lacking warmth and comfort. I read the article twice and I still couldn't understand we're talking about the same artist since I see his world completely different and the silence for example on this image is beyond comforting to me. Courtesy by The Randers Museum of Art. #vilhelmhammershøi #vilhelmhammershoi #hammershøi #woman #interior #porcelain #interiordesign #art #20thcentury #denmark #danish #oiloncanvas #painting #youngwomanseenfromtheback #mutedcolors #blue #grey #blackdress #empire #greatart #randersmuseum https://www.instagram.com/p/CEZwfNrhmL0/?igshid=1jt8tkd2xuvqs

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The Golden Hall at the Stockholm City Hall by Ragnar Östberg (1921-1923). The mosaic work called "The Queen of Lake Mälaren" is designed by Einar Forseth and made by Puhl & Wagner in Berlin. Original furniture for the hall were designed by Ernst Spolén, such as the gilded stools shown here vaguely on the right side. Photo © Tobias Taxgård. #architecture #art #mosaic #design #1920s artdeco #swedishgrace #mälardrottningen #gyllenesalen #stockholmsstadshus #stockholmcityhall #stockholm #decoration #interior #interiordesign #interiorarchitecture #gold #gilded #furniture #marble #queen #sweden #sverige #ragnaröstberg #einarforseth #ernstspolén #ernstspolen #goldenhall (på/i Stockholms Stadshus) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEZfLifMtyL/?igshid=1jpm9yy8viosy

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Clover is one of my favourite flowers, so it's hard not to like this "Trèfle" low table by Jean Royère, ca. 1955, France. Made of oak and oak-veneered wood. Photo © Tobias Taxgård. #trefle #clover #flower #jeanroyere #french #france #design #furniture #furnituredesign #interior #interiordesign #midcenturymodern #mcm #wood #oak #veneer #phillipsauction #phillips #newyork #shadows #shape #naturalform #table #1950s #modernism #livingwithart (på/i Phillips Art Auctions) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEY_xETs_Ub/?igshid=hxc45etq229c

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Residence of Vicomte & Vicomtesse Marie-Laure de Noailles ca.1925 by Jean-Michel Frank, Place des États-Unis, Paris. View from the grand salon with parchment covered walls, bronze double doors and tête-de-negre wool carpet flooring. The rug designed by Evelyn Wyld. Photograph by Therese Bonney 1925 (Therese Bonney photographs 1925-1937). Courtesy of The Smithsonian Libraries. #interior #jeanmichelfrank #paris #vicomtedenoailles #interiordesign #interiorarchitecture #architecture #evelynwyld #decoration #artdeco #modernism #theresebonney #blackandwhite #1920s (på/i Place des États-Unis) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEXUc6zMR67/?igshid=11y3bnp5eamxx

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Men trapped in a box. Also known as "Groupe de trois hommes" by Alberto Giacometti (1948-1949). Bronze. Courtesy of Moderna Museet, Stockholm, © Alberto Giacometti Estate. Photo © Tobias Taxgård. #albertogiacometti #giacometti #bronze #men #sculpture #art #modernart #modernism #museum #albertogiacomettifoundation #stockholm #sweden #livingwithart #modernamuseet @modernamuseet #walking #box #gallery #design #interior #groupedetroishommes https://www.instagram.com/p/CEWwPRzM0T8/?igshid=1jz9oshqdo0rc

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Detail from a screen "Fortissimo" by Jean Dunand (1924-26). Made of lacquered wood, eggshell, mother-of-pear, and gold leaf. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Photo © Tobias Taxgård. #jeandunand #artdeco #metmuseum #metropolitanmuseumofart #newyork #eggshell #motherofpearl #goldleaf #lacquer #lacqueredfurniture #screen #furniture #art #design #decoration #decorativearts #green #gold #livingwithart #1920s #20thcentury #interiordesign @metmuseum #angels #paris #france (på/i The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEWVxwAsTLI/?igshid=v4aah8aacc3n

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The Snowflake by Paavo Tynell, ca. 1947. Chandelier made of brass and brass mesh, manufactured by Oy Taito Ab, Finland. Photo © Tobias Taxgård. #paavotynell #snowflake #taito #finland #1940s #brass #lamp #lighting #lightingdesign #modernism #midcenturymodern #mcm #scandinaviandesign #nordicmodern #interior #interiordesign #light #scandinavianmodern #chandelier #design #art https://www.instagram.com/p/CEUgKRRMnlP/?igshid=1lauocmxvc1f8

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This streamlined sketch is a drawing for the Turun Sanomat office building by Alvar Aalto, ca.1928 (building completed 1930). As one of his successful early works, it paved the way for his iconic landmark building Paimio Sanatorium, which completed only a couple of years later in 1933. Showcased at the Art and The Modern Form - exhibition at The Ateneum, Helsinki in 2017. Photo © Tobias Taxgård. #alvaraalto #aalto #modernism #functionalism #1920s #architecture #design #drawing #art #design #interior #interiorrchitecture #finland #turku #turunsanomat #nordicmodern #nordic #blackandwhite #ateneum #ateneumhelsinki @ateneummuseum (på/i Turku, Finland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEURrMRsiFj/?igshid=1grrfnxkso66w

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A quite overwhelming, rich mix of patterns, materials and colors at the Topkapi Palace and it's Harem from ca.16-17th century. The palace located in Istanbul used to be the residence of the Ottoman sultans between the 15th and 19th century and operates as a public museum nowadays. Photo © Tobias Taxgård. #topkapi #topkapipalace #istanbul #mosaic #pattern #brass #fireplace #harem #konstantinopolis #museum #interior #interiordesign #interiorarchitecture #architecture #craftmanship #turkey #sultan #ottoman #empire #palace #inlay #marquetry #intarsia (på/i Topkapi Palace -Istanbul, Turkey) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEUHE1Ys--l/?igshid=y9kpm5up7smk