Halmstadgruppen

Halmstadgruppen was a group of six artists that collectively followed and developed avant-garde modern art movements such as cubism, post-cubism, purist, futurist and surrealism at Halmstad in Halland County, Sweden.

[1] Impressed by the avant-garde movements Axel Olson, his younger brother Erik and their cousin Waldemar Lorentzon in Halmstad formed into a group aptly calling themselves "Gnistan" which translated means “The Spark”.

By July 1919, Östlund had introduced them to Gösta Adrian-Nilsson who was spending part of the summer with friends in Halmstad.

This had prompted Stellen to return from Paris to exhibit his art in the Halmstad city library and work on a local commission.

Stellen Mörner exhibited his modern art paintings together with Erik and Axel Olson, Sven Jonson, Waldemar Lorentzon and Esaias Thorén.

Axel's brother Erik Olson (1901-1986) and their cousin Waldemar Lorentzon (1899-1984) studied in 1924 at the Fernand Léger painting academy in Paris.