Yrjö Edelmann

Swedish artist known for his realistic paintings depicting packets, napkins and the like, born in 1941 in Helsinki, Finland. He has lived in Sweden since 1951 and began his career as an illustrator in Åhlén & Åkerlund publishers. After a study trip to the US he came to know some contemporary American artists. He studied in the US with pop-art protagonist James Rosenquist who inspired Edelmann to develop his personal art and in 1973 he put up a show of his paintings for the first time.