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Gustaf von Numers
?–1978
PaintingInstallation Art
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Gustaf von Numers was a Finnish painter and installation artist active in the mid-twentieth century whose practice centered on spatial and environmental intervention. Working between 1912 and 1978, he developed approaches to site-specific installation that anticipated later environmental art movements. His engagement with architectural space and material intervention established a distinctive approach to the relationship between artwork and viewer location.
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