Mats Gustafson Artist

1951 is an artist and illustrator working in watercolor and pastel media.
Mats gustafson artist. He studied costume and stage design at the scandinavian drama institute in stockholm and in 1978 had his first fashion illustrations published in british vogue. As an artist he seems to be closer in spirit to henri de toulouse lautrec who also displayed a keen sense for the zeitgeist in his astute observations of the expressions of garments and bodily gestures an aspect that is even more evident in his portraits. Mats gustafsson moved to stockholm in the mid 80s and there met musicians such as sten sandell and raymond strid. This led to contributions in american vogue and andy warhol s interview magazine.
In 1980 he moved to new york. His subtle elegant works can be seen in advertisements and articles for tiffany co vogue and the new yorker though most popularly for dior in addition to his drawings of archival dior designs a collaboration. And we went home 3. Mats gustafson was born in sweden in 1951.
We went up with mother 4. The three formed gush in 1988 two years after gustafsson s duo with christian munthe two slices of acoustic car began. Dior by mats gustafson. Cuts open by merzbow mats gustafsson balazs pandi released 25 september 2020 1.
Gustafsson came to the attention of lovers of improvised music as part of a duo with christian munthe started in 1986 as member of gunter christmann s vario project and the band gush started in 1988. Mats gustafson is a swedish artist and fashion illustrator in his watercolors and paper cut outs his hallmark style is the simple use of silhouette shapes and muted palettes. Exhibition catalogs books. Gustafson s fashion and portrait illustrations have been included in french and italian vogue the new yorker and visionaire and he has created advertising art for hermes tiffany co yohji yamamoto and comme des garcons.
Mats gustafson swedish b. Mats gustafson s painting reaches far beyond the world of fashion. I went down to brother 2.