Anna-Eva Bergman, a Franco-Norwegian painter associated with the Nouvelle École de Paris, is a major post-war artist. Free and visionary, his work is an ode to nature and to the landscapes of the North and the Mediterranean.

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She studied Fine Arts in Oslo, then in the studio of André Lhote in Paris, where she settled in 1929. In the same year, she married the German artist Hans Hartung. She returned to Norway in 1939 and stopped painting for nearly 10 years. This pause marks his transition from figuration to abstraction. She encounters significant difficulties in beginning this new chapter of her work, going so far as to destroy several of her paintings before discovering her own artistic style.

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His work is then decidedly refined: subjects and forms are reduced to their essence while landscapes are suggested in a subtle way through dark geometric shapes that fill the space of the canvas. This sobriety is combined with the integration of metallic materials that extend the chromatic possibilities of his work. Landscapes gradually disappear in favor of pure abstraction.

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The first retrospective dedicated to Anna-Eva Bergman, although regularly exhibited in Paris and abroad, took place in 2023 at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris. The success of this event testifies to the talent of the artist and his enduring relevance.