Halmstadgruppen


Halmstadgruppen was a group of avant-garde artists at Halmstad in Halland County, Sweden. They created a permanent showroom in Mjellby, now Mjellby Art Museum in Halmstad. Here an extensive collection of Halmstad group works are exhibited.

History

During the years 1922-23, Axel Olson studied in Berlin with the Russian painter and sculptor Alexander Archipenko. Axel's brother Erik Olson and their cousin Waldemar Lorentzon studied in 1924 at Fernand Léger painting academy in Paris. Sven Jonson, Stellan Mörner, and Esaias Thorén, also studied in Paris during that time. During their periods abroad they came in contact with modern developments in painting. Returning to Sweden, Halmstadgruppen was founded in 1929 and was unchanged until 1979, with the death of Stellan Mörner.
The members of Halmstadgruppen were pioneers in the Swedish modernist art movement. During the 1920s, they were cubists and during the 1930s introduced surrealism in Sweden together with Gösta Adrian-Nilsson.

Members