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Mona Huss Walin
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Born in Stockholm on 24 July 1944, Mona Huss Walin moved to Gothenburg in 1973 and the city became central to her artistic identity. Her early training took place at Anders Beckmans school in Stockholm between 1962 and 1963, followed by studies at ABF's painting school from 1964 to 1965. She is largely self-taught beyond these foundations, and the depth and confidence of her mark-making reflects decades of independent practice.
Huss Walin works primarily with oil painting and lithography, and it is the latter technique that has defined much of her reputation. From 1969 to 1980 she learned stone lithography from printmaker Rolf Jansson, and she later produced the majority of her graphic editions at the stone printing studio in Vikmanshyttan. This traditional, labor-intensive process suits her approach: images that reward close attention, built up with layered color and fine observation of light and texture.
Her subjects draw repeatedly from urban life, courtyards in Majorna, Gothenburg's harbor, Stockholm rooftops, church facades, and from the Swedish landscape, particularly flowers and forest motifs. The work carries a warmth and specificity that distinguishes it from more abstract contemporaries. Presence, color, and detail richness run through it consistently, whether the subject is a crowded harbor or a cluster of lupins in a summer meadow.
Her debut exhibition was held in 1966 at Galleri Doktor Glas in Stockholm, and she has since shown widely across Sweden. Her work entered the collections of Moderna Museet, Bohusläns Museum, Kalmar Konstmuseum, and Regionmuseet Skåne, among others. She has also published two catalogues of her graphic work: "Bara Bilder, Litografier från 1970-80" (1980) and "Litografier från 1981-91" (1991). She is a member of Grafiska Sällskapet, the Stockholm-based society for printmakers.
At auction, Huss Walin's work appears regularly at Swedish regional houses. With 81 recorded lots, activity is concentrated at GBG Auktion (14 lots), SAV Magasin 5 (10 lots), and Crafoord (7 lots), reflecting her strongest following in the Gothenburg area. The top recorded sale is "Göteborgs hamn" at 17,000 SEK, and realized prices generally range from a few hundred to a few thousand kronor. Her lithographs, especially signed and numbered editions, attract consistent collector interest at entry-level prices, making her one of the more accessible mid-century Swedish printmakers on the regional market.