Paul Osipow

Paul Osipow (born 1939) is an artist from Finland. He studied in Academy of Fine Arts and Vapaa taidekoulu in Helsinki and in University of Texas, Austin, USA [1]

Osipow made his breakthrough in Finnish art world in 1960, and his career has continued for decades. He used to paint with acrylic, but changed to oil paintings.[2] Osipow became first famous with his pop-art paintings.[3] Osipow’s exhibitions in the 1990s revealed his gradual movement away from a pure geometric expression to one more painterly and unrestricted, inspired by the pioneers of modern painting and with extensive samplings from late impressionism, cubism and fauvism.[4]

He received the Swedish Prince Eugen Medal in 1989.[5]

References
  1. "Paul Osipov CV" (PDF) (in Finnish). Galleria Heino. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  2. "Paul Osipow Maalauksia raunioista" (in Finnish). Art Museum Turku. 2007. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  3. "Paul Osipow". Galleria Heino. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  4. "Paul Osipow at Galleri Riis". Contemporary Art Daily. 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  5. "Medaljförläningar – Prins Eugen-medaljen" (in Swedish). Royal Court of Sweden. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
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