Alfred Bergström
Low tide, from the coast at Le Havre, Normandy
Signed A. Bergström, Havre. Executed in 1895. Oil on canvas 29.5 x 42.5 cm.
Canvas with minor marks from the stretcher verso. A few areas with insignificant crazings.
Provenance
Accountant H. Hennig, Fagersjö, Sweden; (possibly) Accountant S. Lidenius, Lilla Björknäs, Klinten, Sweden.
Exhibitions
Kungl. Akademien för de fria konsterna (The Royal Academy of Arts), Stockholm, "Minnesutställning över Ivar Nyberg, Emerik Stenberg, Alfred Bergström, Viktor Forsell" (Exhibition Catalogue with preface by Gottfrid Kallstenius), March 1932, no. 163 ("Från kusten vid Le Havre", borrowed by Accountant H. Hennig, Fagersjö); (possibly) Tullinge Konstnärsgille, Tullinge, Sweden, "Minnesutställning över Professor Alfred Bergström", March 22-25 1946, no. 19 (under 1891-1899, "Strandmotiv, Frankrike [1895]", borrowed by Accountant S. Lidenius, Lilla Björknäs, Klinten, Sweden).
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Artist
Alfred Bergström completed a traditional artist education; he studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts alongside travelling to Germany and France. He became known for his depictions of Stockholm and its surrounding, as well as the landscapes of central Sweden. In the conflict between the Academy and the Artists' Association, he advocated for the academic tradition of outdoor painting but was also captivated by the twilight painting style of the turn of the century. His works are represented in the National Museum in Stockholm, as well as in the Art Museums of Gothenburg and Malmö.
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