Prytz first solo exhibition was at legendary Galleri Gummesons in Stockholm in 1945, which was followed by many years of exhibitions, mainly in Sweden and France. The art critics where thrilled from the start and wrote in Stockholm Newspaper 1953 that Prytz ’worships the clean surface and purity of colour – and simplifies reality …with a decorative delight’.

Laila Prytz is well known for her purist paintings with patterns and stylized forms. Often in the shape of triangles and cubes with strong and clean colours. In 1969, the art critic Claude Bouyeure described her work as ’An art halfway between cubism and geometric abstraction, a surrealism whose magic comes from true and free naivism’.

The open and positive mind of Prytz combined with here extensive travels, gave her many friends over the world. One of these was the iconic opera singer Birgit Nilsson. Their friendship resulted in many portraits of Birgit, which today are kept in several museums and institutions, eg. National Museum of Sweden.