Olof Arborelius
"Sommarnatt i Dalarne" (Summer night in Dalarne)
Signed Arborelius and dated 1874. Canvas 102 x 144 cm. Gilded and ornamented original picture frame.
Provenance
Managing director Algot Bergström (married to Signe Essén), Stockholm.
Private collection.
Exhibitions
(Possibly) Stockholm, "Taflor af Professor Olof Arborelius exponerade i Konstföreningen 1915", no. 6 (”Efter solnedgången”, on sale for 1000 kronor).
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, "Olof Arborelius. Minnesutställning", 11 February - 10 March 1943, no. 85 (loaned by Managing director Algot Bergström, Stockholm).
Literature
Viggo Loos, "Friluftsmåleriets genombrott i svensk konst 1860-1885", SAK, 1945, mentioned p. 144.
More information
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Designer
Olof Arborelius was a Swedish visual artist born in Orsa. He studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm on the recommendation of Johan Fredrik Höckerts and was a student of till Richard Bergh. Arborelius was granted a scholarship to travel which he used to visit Düsseldorf, Paris, München, and Rome. Upon his return he became a member of the academy.
Arborelius was a teacher at the Technical School, was associated with Opponents group, and participated in exhibitions organized by the Artist’s Association. He is most notable for his landscape and genre paintings, inspired by Barbizon school of painting. His art is realistic in its expression, and his landscapes are derived from Dalarna, Bergslagen, Schweiz, Italy, Stockholm, and the west coast.