Career
Bertram Schmiterlöw’s artistry extends through more than five decades and is characterized by figurative, expressive and colorist works where light and surface jointly create the setting. The themes are often of a desolate, dreamy atmosphere where people are portrayed more as staffage figures rather than as the primary subject matter of the work. In addition he was commissioned to do the portraits of many politicians, royal family members and cultural celebrities in Sweden.
Schmiterlow had his artistic training at Otte Skölds art school but left Sweden for Europe and Argentina in his early years.
His artistry is inspired by Edward Hopper, Giorgio Morandi, Pedro Figari among others He is the halfbrother of actress Vera SchmiterlöWest
Portrayed in the documentary film "Two Brothers - Two Worlds" by Tom Alandh SVT 2002
Biography "From my two worlds "by Patrik Reutersvärd and Bertram Schmiterlöw, Karlsson"s publishing company, 1999.
