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Heaven's pale blue orchid and the stars' ten headed lust
Auction: 04/25/2006
Lot: 180
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Max Walter Svanberg AUCTION RECORDS
1912 - 1995. Known for: Imaginist style, illustrations.
Max Walter Svanberg, born in 1912 and deceased in 1995, was a Swedish artist whose work drew early attention from André Breton, who discovered him in 1953. He founded the Imaginist group and became... Read full biography
Max Walter Svanberg, born in 1912 and deceased in 1995, was a Swedish artist whose work drew early attention from André Breton, who discovered him in 1953. He founded the Imaginist group and became known for creating art outside established conventions, often with erotic undertones that provoked... Read full biography
Max Walter Svanberg, born in 1912 and deceased in 1995, was a Swedish artist whose work drew early attention from André Breton, who discovered him in 1953. He founded the Imaginist group and became known for creating art outside established conventions, often with erotic undertones that provoked controversy. Breton was immediately captivated by Svanberg’s work and invited him to illustrate the third issue of Medium magazine in 1954. In 1955, Breton organized a solo exhibition of Max Walter... Read full biography
Max Walter Svanberg, born in 1912 and deceased in 1995, was a Swedish artist whose work drew early attention from André Breton, who discovered him in 1953. He founded the Imaginist group and became known for creating art outside established conventions, often with erotic undertones that provoked controversy. Breton was immediately captivated by Svanberg’s work and invited him to illustrate the third issue of Medium magazine in 1954. In 1955, Breton organized a solo exhibition of Max Walter Svanberg’s work at the Galerie de l’Étoile scellée, further cementing his place within the Surrealist circle. Breton later dedicated a significant article to Svanberg in Le Surréalisme et la Peinture in 1965. Max Walter Svanberg’s art remained on the... Read full biography
Max Walter Svanberg, born in 1912 and deceased in 1995, was a Swedish artist whose work drew early attention from André Breton, who discovered him in 1953. He founded the Imaginist group and became known for creating art outside established conventions, often with erotic undertones that provoked controversy. Breton was immediately captivated by Svanberg’s work and invited him to illustrate the third issue of Medium magazine in 1954. In 1955, Breton organized a solo exhibition of Max Walter Svanberg’s work at the Galerie de l’Étoile scellée, further cementing his place within the Surrealist circle. Breton later dedicated a significant article to Svanberg in Le Surréalisme et la Peinture in 1965. Max Walter Svanberg’s art remained on the fringes of the dominant visual trends of his time, marked by a sense of timelessness and independence from prevailing artistic fashio... Read full biography
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Max Walter Svanberg 
Art images copyright© of artist or assignee"Poem om blommande hybrider" (Poems about flowers).
Max Walter Svanberg Auction: 10/25/2011 - 10/27/2011Lot: 109Subscribe or get free alerts
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeHjärter dam visande tornet sin senaste metamorfos
Max Walter Svanberg Auction: 10/29/2008 - 10/31/2008Lot: 666Subscribe or get free alerts
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