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Max Walter Svanberg was a Swedish painter[1] (1912-1995). He co-founded the artist group Imaginisterna in 1948, he founded the Swedish "imaginist " group, but left them soon after. In 1950, he published and album of lithographs. He began to associate with the surrealist group in Paris and exhibited at the art gallery A l'Etoile scellée in 1955. In 1958, he illustrated an edition of Rimbaud’s Les Illuminations.

The most prevalent motif is the woman's body merged with elements of animals and fauna. One of his paintings is on the cover of Érotique du surréalisme.

References

  • Bra Böckers Lexikon, Band 22 (1981)




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