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Bertil Lundberg 1923 - 2009. Member of the Imaginists and inspirational printmaker who founded Grafikskolan Forum printworkshop in Malmo. Lundberg was known to have visited Atelier 17 in Paris in the 1930's and been hugely inspired by the founder Stanley William Hayter who's goal was to encourage experimentation in printmaking. Lundberg later returned to Southern Sweden and set up his own version of Atelier 17 in Malmo. Students were taken in as 'practising artists' and then spent five year learning all aspects of printmaking. Lundberg taught copper etching, Birger Hamerstedt taught lithography and Lars Hayl taught silkscreen. Lundberg is known for his close collaboration with the poet Lasse Soderberg and exhibited with the Imaginist group of artists who took their inspiration from Surrealism, particularly Max Ernst and the writings of Ezra Pound. Lundberg's etchings have been described as portals into our collective memory ...'that contemplatively glitter with myriads of reflections and start off our deepest recognition in which the forgotten identity between the macrocosm and the microcosm is re-established in the most obvious way". (Torsten Weimarck). Lundberg technique involves deeply etching the copper plate having created a starting point that relies on accident and subconscious intention. He often uses resin granules diluted in spirit which when moved upon the plate create organic patterns, rivers and back-runs that can be etched. Lundberg taught at Grafikskolan up to 1991. There was a retrospective of his work at Malmo Museum in 2009.