artist: Gunnar Sundberg (Swedish 1915-1963)
medium: oil on panel
dimensions: 23 x 32 cm art size / 38 x 47 cm frame size (approx)
signed
circa 1950s
presented in its original frame
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artist bio
Gunnar Erik Sundberg was born August 5, 1915 in Stäket, Stockholm. He was a Swedish painter, ceramist and mosaic artist.
Sundberg initially studied privately with artist Carl Kjellin (1862-1939) before studying at Signe Barth’s and Isaac Grünewald's painting schools in Stockholm. In addition to his studies in Stockholm he took numerous private study trips: to Italy, France, Portugal and England in 1937, Norway in 1939, Czechoslovakia in 1947, France in 1949-50, Germany in 1953, Paris in 1954, Italy and Spain in 1957, and again to Italy 1958-59, Spain in 1960. He studied on a scholarship to Spain from 1947 to 51.
He exhibited in solo and group exhibitions. Solos exhibitions include shows in Stockholm 1941, alongside Ingvar Haraldson at Galerie Acté in Stockholm in 1947, Örebro in 1947 and 1961, in Hälleforsnäs 1948 and 1959, Eskilstuna and Södertälje 1948 (together with Börje Mell), Gummeson's Art Gallery in Stockholm in 1950, Solna in 1954, Alvesta in 1956 alongside Kurt Arvor, Stäket in 1958, Uppsala in 1960, Tureberg samma är with Börje Mell and Kurt Arvor, and again with Arvor at Strängnäs in 1961. He exhibited in numerous group exhibitions including shows in Stockholm in 1941, Ralambshof in 1942, 9 De Unga in 1943, Gummessons in 1945, Uplands konstförening (Uplands Art Association) ‘Art from Uppland’ in Gävle in 1946, Nynäshamn in 1946, Gävle, Norrtälje, Sigtuna, Strängnäsand Kungsör in 1947, Härnösand 1948 and Sundbyberg several times. He was a member of the Konstnärernas riksorganisation (Swedish National Artists' Association).
He produced public artworks including pieces at the Televerket building in Stockholm with a ceramic work ‘Mässpel’ (1954), the Televerket radio office in Hammarby with an oil painting A Day in Spain’ (1956), a mosaic relief on the telegraph house in Örebro and the painting ’Min hembygd’ (My Hometown) (1960) on the Vårås estate in Stäket, and a mosaic work in 1960 at the Post and Telegraph Building in Örebro. He painted landscapes and still lives often with a cubist influence in oil or gouache. Examples of Sundberg’s work are held in the collections of the National Museum in Stockholm, and at the Uppsala Museum, Västeras Museum and the Gävle Museum.
Sundberg passed away on August 10, 1963 at the age of 48 in his hometown of Stäket.