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Eric Cederberg1979 Modernist Swedish Mini Still Life Tempera Painting - Green Pears on Table1979
1979
$1,406.62
£1,030
€1,198.98
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A$2,111.95
CHF 1,118.37
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NOK 14,158.77
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About the Item
GREEN PEARS ON TABLE
Size: 19 x 24 cm (including frame)
Tempera on board
A charming and characterful still life composition executed in tempera on board in 1979, by the established Swedish artist Eric Cederberg (1897-1984), whose artworks have been represented in several public and museum collections across Sweden.
The painting presents a neat arrangement of five bright green pears – four whole and one sliced open to reveal its pale, almost translucent interior. The fruits are evenly spaced across a deep brown tabletop, their rounded forms casting bold, graphic shadows that anchor them to the surface. Scattered leaves add a touch of organic movement, their linear veins painted in stylised strokes.
The palette is wonderfully restrained yet vivid: fresh greens for the pears, muted earthy browns in the background, and stark black accents used for shadow and seed detail. The brushwork is clean and deliberate, with flat planes of colour and minimal blending, giving the piece a graphic, almost poster-like quality. Each pear is painted with a confident simplicity, allowing form and silhouette to take precedence over realism.
This still life celebrates simplicity and bold shape, making it a striking decorative piece with strong visual character.
This painting on board is presented in a complementary gilt frame with an inner cream border. The painting is in excellent vintage condition. The frame has some marks and paint loss as shown.
Please note all of the artworks we sell are vintage and unless otherwise stated, their condition is typical for their age. This can sometimes include slight changes in colour, yellowing to the varnish, and minor bumps and bruises. We have tried to include as many close-up photos as possible. Should you need more photos or wish to ask us more questions regarding an item's condition, feel free to contact us, we are always happy to help.
- Creator:Eric Cederberg (1897 - 1984, Swedish)
- Creation Year:1979
- Dimensions:Height: 7.49 in (19 cm)Width: 9.45 in (24 cm)
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- Condition:This painting on board is presented in a complementary gilt frame with an inner cream border. The painting is in excellent vintage condition. The frame has some marks and paint loss as shown.
- Gallery Location:Bristol, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1869217167202
Eric Cederberg
Eric Cederberg represents a subtle but no less significant strand of Nordic Surrealism. Working in the postwar period, he developed a Surrealist approach influenced by Magritte— calm, lucid, and rich in visual paradox. His paintings reveal a poetic logic at once restrained and unsettling, emblematic of a “smooth Surrealism” unique to the North. Though he worked outside formal Surrealist circles, his contribution demonstrates how deeply Surrealist thought penetrated Nordic art by the mid-20th century, reshaping everyday scenes into sites of symbolic transformation. - Biography by Nagas, New York
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