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Hans Hedberg

Hans Hedberg (1917 - 2007) was active/lived in France, Sweden.  Hans Hedberg is known for Large-scale ceramics, installation art, joyful , large-scale images of bird eggs and fruit.

Obituary. The Guardian (May 3,2007)

Swedish artist whose ceramic sculptures included eggs and giant fruit
Christopher Masters

The Swedish ceramicist Hans Hedberg, who has died in Cannes at the age of 89, swapped pottery tips with Picasso, taught Chagall, and was highly successful as an artist in his own right.  He is most famous for his sculptures of immense, ripe fruits - a greengrocer's fantasy cast in clay and intensely coloured, as if picked from some surreal orchard of the imagination.  They contrast with Hedberg's more disturbing creations - spiny, tentacled forms, apparently dragged from the depths of the sea.

Hedberg was born in Kopmanholmen, a small port close to Ornskoldsvik, almost 300 miles north of Stockholm.  Kopmanholmen had been founded in the late 19th century around a sawmill built by his grandfather Gustav, whose son Theodor enhanced the family fortune by marrying the heiress Ingeborg Belfrage, herself descended from Br   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 6931 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Hans Hedberg

   Hans Hedberg  Born:  1917 - Sweden
Died:   2007 - Cannes, France
Known for:  Large-scale ceramics, installation art, joyful , large-scale images of bird eggs and fruit

Obituary. The Guardian (May 3,2007)

Swedish artist whose ceramic sculptures included eggs and giant fruit
Christopher Masters

The Swedish ceramicist Hans Hedberg, who has died in Cannes at the age of 89, swapped pottery tips with Picasso, taught Chagall, and was highly successful as an artist in his own right.  He is most famous for his sculptures of immense, ripe fruits - a greengrocer's fantasy cast in clay and intensely coloured, as if picked from some surreal orchard of the imagination.  They contrast with Hedberg's more disturbing creations - spiny, tentacled forms, apparently dragged from the depths of the sea.

Hedberg was born in Kopmanholmen, a small port close to Ornskoldsvik, almost 300 m  ...  Displaying 750 of 6931 characters.

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