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Christian BergGoosander Birds On Ice Floes. Oil on Canvas 19181918
1918
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A female and male Goosander bird on ice floes. In the center of the painting there is a smaller opening in the ice covered waters. This painting, by Christian Berg (1893-1976) is quite interesting and unusual for his works. It is signed "Ch. Berg" and dated 1918. Berg is mostly famous for his sculptures which was to become his signum works later in his life. He is known primarily for his abstract artworks. He was educated at the Technical School and Althin's painting school in Stockholm 1911–1914. In the years 1914–1917 he studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and started with animal painting in the spirit of Bruno Liljefors. Our painting is from this period just after he finished his studies at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. In 1921, he studied in Berlin and Dresden which was followed by a trip to Egypt in 1925. In the same year he moved to Paris and had a studio on rue Guénégaud. He studied with André Lhote and his interest in cubism was awakened. Made sketch drawings at the free academies Colarossi and La Grande Chaumière and in 1927 he met the Swedish artist Erik Olson who moved into his studio. Erik and Christian traveled to Saint Paul de Vence numerous times. Christian spent his time painting architecture and Erik landscapes and during this time, he also had a short stay with Fernand Léger at the Académie Moderne. His torso theme for which he was most famous for develops.
In 1928 Berg debuted for the Paris audience at the Galérie Mots et Images together with Erik Olson and Otto G Carlsund. And in 1929, he Exhibited five sculptures at the 1929 Surindépendent Salon in Paris. All were sold to La France Art Institute in Philadelphia in the USA
1930 he participated in the Stockholm exhibition.
The economic depression hit the artist colony in Paris hard and Berg decided to leave Paris and move back to Sweden. He settled in south of Sweden on the west coast.
In 1954 he visits Egypt and Greece and starts painting again. And in 1957, he has an exhibition at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts.
Berg is represented the National Museum in Stockholm, the Norrköping Art Museum, the Kalmar Art Museum, and others.
The birds depicted in this painting, the Common Merganser or Goosander is a large sea duck of rivers and lakes in forested areas of Europe, Asia, and North America. The common merganser eats mainly fish. It nests in holes in trees.
The first formal description of the common merganser was by Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae. He introduced the current binomial name Mergus merganser. Another name used for the bird in North America is buff-breasted Merganser
- Creator:Christian Berg (1893 - 1976, Swedish)
- Creation Year:1918
- Dimensions:Height: 26.38 in (67 cm)Width: 40.16 in (102 cm)Depth: 1.97 in (5 cm)
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- Condition:It needs a light surface cleaning which is included in the price. Otherwise, the condition is good.
- Gallery Location:Stockholm, SE
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU2608213991272
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