Greta Knutson

BIOGRAPHY

1899         Greta Knutson was born on November 10th outside Stockholm, Sweden.
1918-20    Finished the painting school of Carl Wilhelmson in Stockholm, Sweden.
1919-20    Visited the Art Academy in Stockholm, Sweden.
1921         Traveled to Paris and became a student with André Lhote.
1924         She met the Rumanian born poet Tristan Tzara.  Through him she began to frequent the surrealist circuit in Paris and met among others Max Ernst, Miró, Tanguy and Picasso.
1925-38    She were married to Tristan Tzara.
1926         She exhibited together with “Optimisterna” at Liljevalch Art Hall in Stockholm, Sweden.
1927         The son Christophe was born.
1928         Exhibited in Gothenburg, Sweden with the “Optimisterna”
1929         Exhibited during this year at “Salon des Surindépendants”.
1930         Participated at Otto G. Carlsund’s exhibition at the Stockholm Exhibition – “Art Concret”
1927         The first separate exhibition took place at Galerie Zborowski, in Paris.
1931         Separate exhibition – Galerie Percier, in Paris.
1932         The first separate exhibition in Stockholm, Sweden at Gallery Moderne.
1934         Exhibited together with Hugo Zuhr at the Art hall in Gothenburg and had a 
                 separate exhibition at the Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet in Stockholm.
1937         Separate exhibition at the Gallery Moderne in Stockholm.
1940-45    Lived in Aix en Provence and was active in the resistance movement.
1946         Separate exhibition at the Swedish-French Art Gallery in Stockholm.
1947         Collective exhibition in Gothenburg: “Peinture de L’Ecole de Paris”.
1948         Participated in an official collective exhibition in Oslo, Norway, “Svensk nutidskonst”. Group exhibition at Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet.
1949         Participated as an art critic in “L’Emp’edocle” under the supervision of Albert Camus
1950         Separate exhibition at the Museum in Gävle, Sweden and at Galerie de Berri, in Paris, France. Group exhibition at Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet in Stockholm.
1951-68    Spent most of her time at her house in Gordes in the south of France.
1954         Separate exhibition at the Galerie de Berri in Paris, France and at 
                 Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet in Stockholm.. 
                 The City of Paris bought a painting at the exhibition in Paris.
1957         Participated in an exhibition called “Nordisk Konst” at the art museum in Gothenburg.
1964         Participated in the exhibition “Svensk nutidskonst”, at Musée Galliera, in Paris, France.
1977         Separate exhibition at Gallery Heland in Stockholm, Sweden.
1980         Retrospective exhibition at the Centre Culturel Suédois in Paris. Solo exhibition at Thielska Galleriet in Stockholm, Sweden. “Bestien” was released in Berlin, Germany.
1983         Died in Paris, France.
1985         “Lunaires” was released in the series “L’Age d’or”, edition Flammarion in Paris, France.
1991       Solo exhibition in Stockholm, Sweden, Galerie Bel’Art.

Represented:

The National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
The Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Sweden
Malmö museum, Sweden
Swedish institute in Paris, France
Musée de Tours, France
The Arp collection
In Locarno, Switzerland
 - And many others.