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Hugo Birger

(Sweden, 1854-1887)
Estimate
15 000 - 20 000 SEK
1 340 - 1 780 EUR
1 380 - 1 850 USD
Hammer price
15 000 SEK
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Hugo Birger
(Sweden, 1854-1887)

Landscape from Sierra Nevada, Spain

Signed with dedication: "Till Pontus Fürstenberg med vänskap fr Hugo Birger (Sierra Nevada)". Canvas 46 x 61 cm.

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Painted during the artists stay at Granada in Spain 1881-4.

Designer

Hugo Birger was a Swedish visual artist born in Stockholm, where he studied at the Swedish Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Birger later travelled to Paris where he spent time with Carl Larsson and Carl Skånberg, and he later had his debut in a Paris Salon. Birger was highly active in Spain and France, where he had a shared studio with Ernst Josephson. Due to Birger’s severe rheumatism, the artist chose to make the Mediterranean into his permanent home due to its warm climate. Birger’s most famous artwork is "Skandinaviska konstnärernas frukost på Café Ledoyen" from 1886 which depicts a breakfast setting shared amongst Birger’s colleagues in Paris featuring Alfred Wahlberg and Georg Pauli. Birger's paintings are executed with great skill and lively coloration, showcasing his mastery in capturing sunlight.

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