Max Walter Svanberg - Artist Info

About Max Walter Svanberg

  • Biography

    Max Walter Svanberg was a Swedish artist who was discovered by André Breton in 1953. He was the founder of the Imaginist group and was known for his work outside the established codes, which had erotic connotations that were subject to scandal. Breton was immediately seduced by his work and entrusted Svanberg with the illustration of the third issue of Medium magazine in 1954. The following year, Breton organized a solo exhibition of Svanberg's work at the Galerie de l'Étoile scellée and dedicated a fine article to him in Le Surréalisme et la Peinture in 1965. Svanberg's work was on the fringe of the plastic fashions that were all the rage at the time, and he was known for being outside of time

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