Martin Eder - Portrait of a ManMartin Eder (1917 1978) Swedish Portrait of a Man Martin Eder was a Swedish drawing teacher, artist and ceramicist. Martin was born on the island of Gotland and spent a lot of time there, he also lived in Sala. Martin was a curious artist who made study trips to France, Italy and Tunisia, among other places. This portrait of Martin Eder is very special, it was painted in 1954 and depicts an unknown man, painted with expressionist brushstrokes with

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Christie's London lot 193

The vistas are predominantly represented in a range of clear colours in which the motif is accentuated by sharp contours

where the city of Paris bought the first painting

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the youngest of five brothers

in Kiev and passed away on May 11

which lends the scene a serene

the artist’s painting underwent a fundamental transformation

He had already spent time in France and possibly also England when he was hired by his father’s former teacher Rubens to help with a prestigious commission with mythological paintings

Reinhold Ljunggren (1920-2006) SwedenÄng vid Kalmarsund

Dick Beer travels in France and paints in towns and in the countryside