The Halmstad Group - A lifelong alliance

During the 40´s and 50´s several of the members produced a number of public works. Today there are many frescos and other pieces to be seen in libraries, theatres, and churches around the country. These decorative works often have cubistic and concretist features — legacy from the modernism they were schooled in during their studies. During the 60´s the world is once again politicized and several of the group revert to surrealistic imagery. Despite the members´ personal development, they retain a common heritage: the meeting with modern art in a blossoming Europe, the discovery of the mesmerizing and irrational surrealism and the inspiring years with the Söndrum Colony.

The six friends remained members of the Halmstad Group throughout their lives. Only when Stellan Mörner passes away in 1979 does the group brake up. They had been united during fifty years and so comprise one of the longest artistic associations in the history of art.