Ulf Greder

London became the primary subject of his art. His oil paintings and lithographs document specific corners of the city - pubs along the Thames at Hammersmith, the Ladbroke Arms in Notting Hill, shops and facades in the older parts of the West End. The works are precise and atmospheric rather than impressionistic, building a record of an urban landscape that has changed considerably since Greder began painting it in the 1970s. In 1977 he moved to France for a period, and Rennes and other French cities also appear in his work, though London remained his defining subject. He has been a regular presence in both England and France since.

His London gallery career developed through Portal Gallery and later through Francis Kyle Gallery, which held seven exhibitions of his work between 1994 and 2000. He was also represented by Panter and Hall in Pall Mall. Alongside conventional works on canvas and paper, Greder developed a technique he calls "chantourne" - paintings executed on thin Finnish plywood which is then cut to the contours of the painted subject, freeing the image from the rectangular frame and giving the work a sculptural, three-dimensional presence. The technique requires the painting to be completed before the plywood is cut, demanding a clear compositional decision from the outset.

His work is held in the collections of the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm. In Sweden, his prints and paintings have appeared at Galerie ProArte and have circulated through auction regularly since the 1990s.

On the Swedish auction market, Greder's work appears with moderate regularity, primarily through Stockholms Auktionsverk and Helsingborgs Auktionskammare. The 43 recorded lots are split across oils, lithographs, and other prints. Top results include an oil titled "The Lower Mall Hammersmith" at SEK 6,666, "The White Swan" lithograph at SEK 5,150, and "Ladbroke Arms" lithograph at SEK 3,500 - consistent with a market that values his London subjects, particularly the oil paintings over the prints.