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Hugo Birger

(Sweden, 1854-1887)
Estimate
30 000 - 35 000 SEK
2 670 - 3 110 EUR
2 750 - 3 210 USD
Hammer price
Unsold
Purchasing info
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Johan Jinnerot
Stockholm
Johan Jinnerot
Specialist Art and Old master paintings
+46 (0)739 400 801
Hugo Birger
(Sweden, 1854-1887)

HUGO BIRGER, The actor Wilhelm Jacobson, Authenticated on verso.

The actor Wilhelm Jacobson. Executed in 1880 or 1881. Canvas laid down on panel 69 x 56 cm.

Canvas laid down on panel, minor crazings.

Provenance

Judge Nils Aschan, Stockholm.
Private collection.

Literature

Sixten Strömbom, "Hugo Birger. En levnadsteckning", 1947, mentioned p. 108, illustrated p. 119 and listed in the catalogue p. 317, no. 95.

More information

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Artist

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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