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Bruno Liljefors

(Sweden, 1860-1939)
Estimate
150 000 - 175 000 SEK
13 200 - 15 400 EUR
13 800 - 16 100 USD
Hammer price
195 000 SEK
Purchasing info
Bruno Liljefors
(Sweden, 1860-1939)

"Interiör"

Signerad B. Liljefors och daterad -90. Duk 53 x 71 cm.

Provenance

Tidigare i Ingenjör Carl Robert Lamms samlingar, Näsby slott (inköpt på auktion 1891).
Bukowski auktioner, auktion N:o 226 (den s.k. "Lammska auktionen"), 28 sept 1920, kat nr 34.
Sedermera i Direktör Carl Kempes samlingar, Ekolsunds slott (omkring 1930).
Bukowski auktioner, auktion N:o 292, 8 nov 1933, kat nr 28 (då inköpt av Jägmästare David Hultmark för 1800 SEK).
Därefter i Jägmästare David Hultmarks samlingar, Saltsjöbaden (omkring 1933-45).

Exhibitions

Liljevalchs konsthall, Stockholm, "Carl Larsson - Bruno Liljefors - Anders Zorn", 9 juli - 17 aug 1930, kat nr 75 (under titeln "Interiör", då tillhörande Direktör Carl Kempe), avbildad helsida i planschdelen.
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, "Opponenterna av 1885 - Utställning till sextioårsminnet av det första moderna genombrottet i svensk konst", 16 mars - 16 maj 1945, kat nr 340 (under titeln "Fäbodstuga, interiör", då tillhörande Jägmästare David Hultmark).
Riksförbundet för bildande konst, utställning nr 37, 1945-46, kat nr 23 (under titeln "Gumma vid spisen i fäbodstuga").
Liljevalchs konsthall, Stockholm, 1960, kat nr 56.

Literature

"Konst i svenska hem II", volym 5, samling 373: "Jägmästare David Hultmark, Källvägen 2, Saltsjöbaden", upptagen sid 248, avbildad sid 249.

Designer

Bruno Liljefors is the Swedish artist best known for his nature and animal motifs, especially in dramatic situations. Liljefors started with studies at the Academy of Arts in 1879, and continued 1882 in Düsseldorf where the studies revolved around animal painting. The journey then continued to Venice, Rome, Naples, Paris and Grez. Once back in Sweden, he began to draw and paint animals, especially cats and small birds, from the beginning in intimate interaction with nature. He then moved on to broader depictions of wild animals and nature, of seascapes with seabirds and of dramatic scenes of battles between birds. Liljefors is known as our country's foremost animal painter with a large production. Liljefors depicted, in contrast to the "idyllic" animal painting, the animals everyday life with a focus on movement, anatomy and their adaptation to the landscape. This is where the greatness of his painting lies, in the ability to show the animals in their proper environment. He has achieved this by hunting and observing. Well-known works of art are the paintings "Rävfamilj" (1886) and "Havsörnar" (1897), as well as the sculpture "Lek" (1930) at Stockholm Stadium. Liljefors is mainly represented at the National Museum, Waldemarsudde and the Thielska gallery in Stockholm.

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