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Oil on cardboard. 1970s.
Signature: EW.

From the second half of the 1970s onwards, the proportion of fairy tales in Edgar Valter’s (1929-2006) work increased. This period is characterized by delicate pastel tones, characters reminiscent of the lightness and gentleness of fairies, and a dreamlike flight of fantasy in each piece.

Various plans, adventures, and the setting off on a new journey have always been recurring themes in Valter’s work, and so the multi-layered oil painting “Wedding flight” is characteristically humorous and positive, depicting a couple who have just become newlyweds. The couple, inspired in style by Modigliani’s faces, start flying towards their honeymoon in a psychedelic color scheme characteristic of Valter (who hated black color in art).

Text: Kaspar Allik, Katre Palm