Hesperiderna The Hesperides

Hesperiderna (The Hesperides) by Bertil Gado (Swedish 1916–2014). In Greek mythology, the Hesperides were the nymphs who worked in, cared for and guarded the garden of the Hesperides. In the garden was a grove of trees where golden apples grew. The colour lithograph is presented in its original frame (with wear and patina consistent with age) and new non-reflective UV glass. Signed, limited edition 158/200, circa 1950s. Karl Bertil Gado was born July 20, 1916 in Malmo. He was a Swedish painter and print maker. Gado studied art at the Skanska Malarskolan (Skane Painting School )in Malmo between 1933 and 1935 and during his own self-study trips. He debuted in a group exhibition in Malmo in 1939 and exhibited in his first solo exhibition at the SDS-centralen in Malmo in 1943. 1947 alongside Lars Engstrom, he exhibited at the Malmo Radhus. Between 1941 and 1951 he showed annually in the Skane Art Association's Autumn exhibitions. In 1948 he exhibited for the first time in Stockholm at HSB's exhibition, God konst i alla hem (Good art in all homes). In 1951 he participated in the exhibition Skanekonstnarer (Scania artists) at Liljevalch's art gallery. With the group Skansk avantgardekonst (Scanian avant-garde art) he exhibited at the Malmo museum in 1949 (where the group published a catalogue with contributions by E. Leiser and Elsa Grave as well as illustrations in original graphics). In 1951 in Halsingborg and in Stockholm, he exhibited as part of the artists’ collective Imaginisterna (The Imaginists). In 1951 he exhibited in the Biennale at the Museo de Arte Moderna in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The following year he was elected to an international surrealist group (with, among others, the Germans Edgar Ende, R. Schlichter and the American Kurt Seligmann. Gado is represented at in public collections in Sweden including the Moderna Museet in Stockholm and the Malmö Museum. Gado passed away in 2014. The painting is in excellent condition.

Condition Details:
In excellent condition with no signs of wear, has barely been used.