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Anders Wallin
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Anders Wallin was born in Gävle in 1953 and has spent most of his working life on the island of Gustavsberg, outside Stockholm, where he maintains his studio and continues to exhibit. His formal education stretched across several institutions during the 1970s: he began at Grundskolan för konstnärlig utbildning (1972-1973), moved to ABF:s Konstskola (1973-1974), and completed his training at Konstfack, where he studied from 1974 to 1979. Decades later he returned to formal study with project work in monumental glass at Konsthögskolan in 2007.
At the center of Wallin's practice is a fascination with process rather than product. Working in watercolor, serigraph and collage, he is drawn to the point where color pigments and solvents begin to act on their own - where the artist sets conditions but cannot fully determine outcomes. This controlled surrender to material behavior distinguishes his approach from more illusionistic watercolor traditions, and it has led him over the years to explore new material combinations: large tactile paintings on blasted acrylic, digitally printed images on watercolor paper, and works executed in mixed media on copper plate.
Wallin has been instrumental in building watercolor's profile as a serious medium in Sweden. He co-authored "Akvarellmåleri" with Tulla Grünberger (ICA bokförlag, 2002), a 156-page handbook covering the history and technique of watercolor that has reached a broad readership among practicing artists and students. His teaching activity has been equally wide-ranging - courses in his own name, held in Sweden and abroad, have made him a well-known instructor in the field.
The breadth of his institutional representation speaks to a career sustained over several decades. His work is held by Nationalmuseum (where he was included in the group exhibition "Stadsbarn" as early as 1979), the Swedish Arts Council, the Swedish Parliament, the Riksbank, Stockholm County Council, Oslo County Council, Norrköping Museum, and Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam - a range that spans public, civic and international contexts.
On the secondary market, Wallin's works have circulated primarily through Swedish regional auction houses: Markus Auktioner, Metropol, Garpenhus Auktioner, and Limhamns Auktionsbyrå account for most of his appearances on Auctionist. The 18 items in the database include oil paintings, watercolors, mixed media on copper plate, and lithographs, with realized prices running from around 300 to 450 SEK for works on paper and panels. The market reflects a collector base drawn mainly to his works on paper, consistent with his reputation as a watercolorist first.