Christian Berg
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"Exalterad Torso I"
Signed C.B. Numbered Ex.1. The motif conceived 1961. Polished and blast bronze with black patinated areas. Foundry mark E. Pettersson Fud. Height 34 cm (including stone base 42 cm).
Provenance
Bought from the artist in 1971, thence by descent to the present owner.
Exhibitions
Ed. Johan Nordén, Bukowskis, "Christian Berg", exhibition 10-30 June 1988, compare catalogue no 38 at p. 41.
Literature
Sven Sandström, "Christian Berg 1957-67 miljöer och teman", the motif ill. at p. 47-48, 50.
Sven Sandström, Christian Berg, livslinjer och formtankar", 1962, compare catalogue no 121, p. 126.
Torvald Berg, "Christian- Min upplevelse av skulptören Christian Berg", the motif ill., catalogue no 105 at p. 197.
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Artist
Christian Berg was a Swedish sculptor. He commenced his career as a naturalistic animal painter and he up until 1926 retained his artistry solely to painting. He encountered post-cubism whilst in Paris, which quickly became his artistic language. The road to sculpting he found one day when, with the help of clay, solved a problem with the lines of a drawn torso. Berg’s first sculpture, Torso 1926, became the starting point to his most intensive and active period of 1926-30. He created a collection of post-cubist sculptures and many torsos in various stages of development. He primarily worked with clearly defined concave and convex forms, allowing light to play on alternating glossy and matte surfaces. With the exception of his numerous stylised portrait sculptures ecclesiastical decorations, Berg remained loyal to abstract sculptures during the entirety of his artistic career.
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