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Eric With
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Eric With (1916-2000) was a Swedish painter who worked largely outside institutional art training. Self-taught, he built his visual knowledge through independent study trips to the Netherlands, Belgium, France, and Spain, absorbing the European traditions of harbor painting, figure scenes, and still life that would define his output for decades.
His work returns again and again to the shoreline and the working port. Paintings of Gothenburg's harbor, fishermen at sea, and figures on beaches carry a solidity of light and water that suggests sustained observation rather than academic formula. His still lifes - flowers on panels and canvases, objects arranged with quiet confidence - show an artist equally at home with interior subjects. The range of his titles points to a painter who moved between the coastal and the domestic as circumstances and season dictated.
With is represented in the collections of Västergötlands museum, placing him within the documented regional art landscape of western Sweden. His connection to Gothenburg is central: the overwhelming share of his auction market presence runs through Göteborgs Auktionsverk, which has handled the majority of his works to reach the secondary market. His paintings have also appeared at Stockholms Auktionsverk and smaller regional houses, confirming a quiet but consistent presence across the Swedish market. Prices at auction have remained accessible, reflecting the position of a dedicated regional painter whose work appeals to collectors with an affinity for the Bohuslän coast and the western Swedish harbour tradition.