Helen Lundeberg

Helen Lundeberg (19081999) was a Southern Californian painter. Along with her husband Lorser Feitelson, she is credited with establishing the PostSurrealist movement. Her artistic style changed over the course of her career, and has been described variously as PostSurrealism, Hardedge painting, and Subjective Classicism. Helen Lundeberg was born in Chicago in on June 24, 1908, the eldest child of secondgeneration Swedish parents. In 1912 her family moved to Pasadena, California. As a child, she was an exceptional student and an avid reader. Her intellectual aptitude earned her inclusion in a Stanford University Study of Gifted Children, which looked at the characteristics and development of children who ranked in the top 1 in California schools. During her early adulthood, Lundeberg s inclination was to become a writer. In the 1930s, Lundeberg was working in both the social realist and postsurrealist styles. She first exhibited at the Fine Arts Gallery in San Diego in 19