"Vårväg" (Country road in spring)
Signed G. Fjæstad and dated -29. Oil on relined canvas 75.5 x 91 cm.
Provenance
Bukowski Auktioner AB, Stockholm, sale 510, "Internationella höstauktionen", November 25-27, 1998, lot 48; private collection.
Literature
Hans-Olof Boström, "Konst i Värmland. Från Fjæstad till Lerin", 2017, illustrated in colour p. 190.
More about Gustaf Fjæstad
Gustav Fjaestad was a pupil of Bruno Liljefors and Carl Larsson. He became renound for his depictions of Swedish winter landscapes, often with glistening icecrystals and bubbling water by ice's edge, sometimes lit up by the setting sun, sometimes in scales of grey, white and purple. He also designed templates for woven wallpapers, furniture, and wrought iron. He is represented in major Swedish museums as well as in Vienna and Chicago.
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