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Erland Cullberg

(Sweden, 1931-2012)
Erland Cullberg
(Sweden, 1931-2012)

Erland Cullberg, oil on canvas, signed E. Cullberg.

Figures. 133 x 115 cm. Marked verso: Övik 82, nr 17.

Good condition. The canvas slightly unstretched. Insignificant crazings.

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Erland Cullbergs målningar är nästan omöjliga att värja sig mot. De pulserar av liv och intensiv närvaro. Med glödande färgmassor växer ansikten, situationer och händelser fram. Skapad med energiska penseldrag, stor känslighet och förbluffande kolorit. Erland Cullbergs måleri har förankringar i en expressionistisk tradition, men följer sina helt egna regler.

Erland Cullberg brukar beskrivas som en expressionist och kolorist. Sedan unga år led Erland Cullberg av schizofreni, och han har kallat sin sjukdom för ”en spritt språngande psykisk förkylning”. Hans konst behöver dock inte ses som någon sjukdomskonst. Erland Cullberg blev välutbildad och studerade på 1950-talet på Konstakademin för bl.a Bror Hjorth, Hugo Zuhr och Evert Lundquist. Cullberg och Evert Lundquist behöll kontakten livet ut.

Erland Cullberg fick sitt stora genombrott 1986 på Moderna Museet då han utnämndes till “årets konstnär”. Han finns representerad på museer över hela Norden. Bland annat på Moderna Museet och Nationalmuseum i Stockholm, Statens Museum for Kunst i Köpenhamn, Åbo Konstmuseum i Finland samt Museum för Kunst i tyska Lübeck.

Artist

Erland Cullberg, born 1931, is known for his expressive painting. He studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm and at Valand Art Academy in Gothenburg. During his studies in Stockholm, Cullberg was diagnosed with schizophrenia, or a “psychological cold” as he likes to call it. Cullberg had his breakthrough in an exhibition at Moderna Museum in 1989, where he simultaneously angered the critics and warmed the hearts of art lovers. Today he is considered a key figure in neo expressionism, the often figurative, emotionally intense painting that emerged after World War II with roots in Swedish expressionism. But Cullberg’s strongest influence was the Spanish-Greek 16th century artist El Greco, rather than Sigrid Hjerten and Isaac Grünewald. Cullberg's painting is violent but serves as a safety valve for him. In aggressive and chaotic masses of color, one finds figures that struggle with Cullberg's own battles with his divided self during long periods of schizophrenia. He paints at a furious pace, waging a constant battle against the paint. "Blue is fear, ochre friendliness, and red passion."

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