Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 9

Max Walter Svanberg
Untitled - Surrealist Unique painting on paper/board - Max Walter Svanberg, 1957

About the Item

Max Walter Svanberg (1912-1994) Untitled, 1957 Gouache on paper Paper: 36 x 29 cm 14 1/8 x 11 in. Frame: 57 x 49 cm 22 1/2 x 19 1/3 in Signed and dated Max Walter Svanberg artworks were included in the major Surrealist exhibition at the Centre Pompidou in 2024-2025. Max Walter Svanberg (1912-1994) was a Swedish Surrealist artist born in Malmö. He studied art in Malmö and Stockholm and co-founded the Minotaur and Imaginist groups in the 1940s. In 1953, he joined André Breton's Surrealist group in Paris, gaining recognition for his depictions of women intertwined with nature, often carrying erotic undertones. Svanberg worked in diverse media, including painting, drawing, collage, and lithography, characterized by vibrant colors and imaginative forms influenced by Byzantine and African art.
  • Creator:
    Max Walter Svanberg (1912 - 1994, Swedish)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 11.03 in (28 cm)Width: 15.36 in (39 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: MWS1011stDibs: LU2848216115592

More From This Seller

View All
Surrealist Boats, Federico Castellon - American Surrealism, Oil on paper, 1950
By Federico Castellon
Located in New York, NY
Federico Castellon Boats in the harbor, ca. 1950 Oil on paper 25 1/5 × 17 3/10 in 64 × 44 cm (without frame) Frame included
Category

1950s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

Orientalist school, Portrait of a young lady, 20th century, Original oil canvas
Located in New York, NY
Title: Young Girl in Red Headdress Artist: Signed (20th Century Orientalist School) Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 45.5 x 38 cm (without frame) Signed: Lower right A captivating portrait of a young girl wearing traditional attire, rendered in rich detail and warm, earthy tones. Her expressive gaze, framed by cascading dark hair and accented with ornate gold earrings...
Category

20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Morning has broken - Oil and mixed media on canvas - Unique, 2001
Located in New York, NY
Pacita Abad Morning has broken, 2001 Oil, sequins, painted cloth stitched on canvas 12 × 12 in l 30.5 × 30.5 cm 18 x 18 in l 45 x 35 cm (Frame included) Exhibited: Hadeland Glassver...
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Sequins, Oil

Le Concile d'Amour - Gouache on Paper Unique Surrealist Woman Painter, 1968
By Leonor Fini
Located in New York, NY
Leonor Fini Le Concile d'amour, 1968 Gouache on paper 14 1/5 × 11 4/5 in l 36 × 30 cm Frame included - 22 x 18 1/8 in l 56 x 46 cm Signed, counter-signed and titled lower right Cond...
Category

1960s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Nude women - Ink on Paper Unique Signed Drawing Surrealist Woman Painter, 1965
By Leonor Fini
Located in New York, NY
Leonor Fini Nude women, ca. 1965 Ink on paper 13 × 13 in l 33 × 33 cm Frame included - 18 x 18 in l 46 x 46 cm Signed lower right Condition: Excellent condition
Category

1960s Surrealist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Laid Paper

Untitled, Alfonso Hüppi - Original mixed media on canvas, abstraction - 1962
Located in New York, NY
Alfonso Hüppi Untitled, 1962 Mixed media on canvas (paint, wood) 18 1/2 × 20 1/2 in 47 × 52 cm (without frame) Frame included
Category

1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

You May Also Like

"Grave Angel" (2024) By Graham Yarrington, Original Mixed Media Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Grave Angel" (2024) by Graham Yarrington is an original handmade mixed media painting made with ink and acrylic gouache on paper that depicts an abstract portrait of death in a grav...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Gouache, Paper, Ink

Ortez Modernist Family Portrait – 1940s Abstracted Interior Scene with 5 Figures
Located in Denver, CO
Ortez (Modernist Family Portrait) is an abstract gouache on paper painting by Lewis Lee Tilley (1921-2005), created in 1947. The piece depicts a family of five sitting together on a ...
Category

1940s American Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Flirt. 1970. Cardboard, mixed media, 50x40 cm
By Vladimir Glushenkov
Located in Riga, LV
Flirt. Cardboard, mixed media, 50x40 cm Abstract/Surrealist composition with two fasec Vladimir Borisovich Glushenkov (May 21, 1948, Riga - December 26, 2009, Riga.) - painter, grap...
Category

1970s Surrealist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Cardboard

Antique Spanish School Surrealist Modernist Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Spanish school modernist surreal portrait oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Measuring 18 by 24 inches overall and 15 by 21 painting alone.
Category

1960s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

20th Century French Surrealist Portrait of Woman with Landscape Hair signed oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Surrealist Portrait French, mid 20th century signed oil on board, framed Framed: 14 x 16 inches Board : 9 x 11 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: the board has a convex...
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Antique American School Surreal Signed Modernist Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American abstract cubist composition "Terra Firma Theme 10" by Augustus Goertz (Born 1948) . Oil on canvas, circa 1958. Housed in a period gilt...
Category

1970s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Recently Viewed

View All