Max Walter Svanberg

Max Walter Svanberg (February 21, 1912 – May 28, 1994) was a Swedish Surrealist painter, illustrator, and designer.

Born in Malmö. Founder of the Swedish artist group Imaginisterna in 1948, but left them soon after. In 1950, he published an album of lithographs. He was invited to the surrealist group in Paris by André Breton in 1953 and started to associate with the group. Svanberg exhibited at the Galerie de l’Etoile Scellee in 1955. In 1958, he illustrated an edition of Rimbaud’s Les Illuminations. He died in Limhamn.

The most prevalent motif is the womans body merged with elements of animals and fauna.

References

• Bra Böckers Lexikon, Band 22 (1981)

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Name	Svanberg, Max Walter
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Date of birth	February 21, 1912
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Date of death	May 28, 1994
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