Cubist Still Life with Pears Painting by Elli Hemberg

'Composition with Two Pears' - a wonderful modernist still-life painting by influential female Swedish artist Elli Hemberg (1896-1994). An early cubist composition of beautiful form, in a lovely muted palette. Oil on canvas, signed lower left, titled on verso. Presented in its vintage frame. Rarely for sale, Hemberg's work is highly collectible.

Dimensions including frame:
Height: 32.5 cm / 12.80 inches
Width: 43 cm / 16.92 inches
Depth: 2 cm / .78 inches
All measurements are approximate.

CONDITION NOTE:
Painting in very good vintage condition. Not examined out of frame. Frame may have the odd scratch or mark. Please see all photos for details.

This product is a vintage item and will show some signs of cosmetic wear/patina. Please refer to photos for reference and if you have any queries regarding the condition of this product, please do not hesitate to contact us and we will be happy to answer any questions you may have.

ARTIST BIO
Elin Elisabeth "Elli" Hemberg (13 November 1896 - 23 May 1994), was a Swedish abstract painter and sculptor. 

Hemberg grew up in the Swedish town of Skövde, and attended Wilhelmsons School of Art (1918-1922), run by the painter Carl Wilhelmson. His teaching was characterised by a fresh palette and cubism as his form theory, which influenced Elli Hemberg throughout her career. She married Sven Erlandsson, a physician, in 1923. After her marriage she was registered in the national records not as Elli Hemberg but as Elin Elisabeth Erlandsson; however, only one work by her is signed Erlandsson.

Hemberg's early work consisted primarily of portraits and landscapes. Her first major exhibition was as part of the 'November Exhibition' in 1922 at Liljevalch's Art Gallery in Stockholm. She then had her first solo-exhibition at 'Galerie Moderne' (1942) in Stockholm. In the 1940s she initiated a close collaboration with the avant-garde artist Otto Carlsund, who experimented with cubism, purism and neoplasticism. The two displayed their work in 1947 at Konstnärshuset in Stockholm. During this period Hemberg began transitioning towards a more abstract style, focusing on form and rhythm, which eventually led to her transitioning from painting to sculpture.

In the mid 1960s, Hemberg, together with Olle Bærtling and Karl Göte Bejemark, among others, were part of the art salon 'Samlaren', and considered at the forefront of Swedish sculptors.

During her long and active artistic life, Hemberg had to endure the conditions that applied for a woman artist. However, her last active decades were successful and she received a great deal of appreciation.

In the 1970s Hemberg began to achieve fame and acceptance in the art community, primarily through her sculptures, and she created a number of notable commissions for permanent public display, including: 'The Orb' (1970) for the National Archives of Sweden, 'Badande' (1978), displayed at the Museum of Sketches for Public Art in Lund, 'The Butterfly' (1980), displayed in Rålambshovsparken in Stockholm, 'Solkrets' (1989), displayed at Viktoria place in Skellefteå, and 'Three Leaves', displayed at Norrköping's Museum of Art.

Today, many of her works are on display in Museum of Modern Art in Stockholm, The Museum of Art in Kalmar, as well as Skövde Art Gallery, among other galleries, museums, and permanent public displays.

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