By Sven Berlin
Located in Harkstead, GB
A very striking and atmospheric coastal landscape by this highly collectable artist.
Sven Berlin (1911-1999)
A coastal landscape
Signed
Oil on board
12 x 16 inches unframed
14 x 18 inches framed
Sven Berlin, born in Sydenham, London on 14th September 1911, was an English painter, draughtman and writer. He was a key player in the development of the St. Ives art movement.
Having studied at the Beckenham School of Art and after a successful career as an adagio dancer in the music-halls he moved to Cornwall with his first wife Helga in 1938 to study at the Camborne-Redruth School of Art, pre-dating the arrival of Barbara Hepworth and Ben Nicholsen to Cornwall.
As WW2 broke out, Berlin initially remained a conscientious objector. He worked in the market garden established by the art critic Adrian Stokes outside St Ives. Here he met Nicholson, Hepworth and Peter Lanyon...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Sven Berlin Landscape Paintings