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Mid century modern oil Painting - floral still life by Svante Bergh
A large and wonderfully atmospheric floral still life, painted with a feeling of spontaneity and lightness of touch. The addition of a pretty necklace in the bottom corner of the painting just adds to the sense of visual interest and pleasure that the artist has created.
Painted by the famous leading Scandinavian modernist painter SVANTE BERGH, who was renowned for his free style method of painting in clear bright and vivid colours. Bergh was one of the early proponents of 20th century modernism. In his mature years he moved away from the impressionist style of his early works and created more tightly structured paintings, often using rich yellow and red elements. This painting is dated 1942, from his later career, when his work was at its most mature.
A paperback book about Svante Bergh, in Swedish, is included with the sale of this painting.
History ~
SVANTE BERGH (3 October 1885 (Malmö, Sweden) - 27 September 1946. He was the son of Theodor Bergh and Kerstin Olsdotter, his father being a non-commissioned officer. In 1899, at the age of 14, Bergh began his artistic training by taking evening courses in decorative painting at the Technical School in Malmö. He was awarded a scholarship which enabled him to travel to Germany and study in Dresden under the Danish artist Albert Petersen from 1903 until 1907. He then returned to the Swedish capital, Stockholm to work as an assistant to artist Julius Kronberg at the Royal Dramatic Theatre from 1907 until 1909. Following this Bergh moved to Copenhagen, where he continued his studies with Johan Rohde at Kristian Zahrtmann's painting school. In 1912 he went to Paris, where he stayed until 1914 and the outbreak of World War I. He spent the war years back in Sweden. After the war, in 1919, he returned to Paris, studying under French artist André Lhote until 1923. During this period, in 1921, along with several fellow artists, including Tora Holmström and Emil Olsson, Bergh joined an art collective known as 'De Tolv' (The Twelve). Their first joint exhibition was at the Malmö Museum in 1924 and was widely considered a success. The group held regular exhibitions until disbanding in 1934. Bergh travelled once again and spent the years between 1925 and 1928 in Italy.
During his illustrious career Bergh was widely exhibited in eg Munich, Florence, Malmö, Lund and Stockholm. His work is represented in The National Museum of Sweden, The National Museum of Norway and the Gothenburg Museum of Art, amongst others.
