"Djurgårdsbrunnsviken från Nobelparken" (View over Djurgårdsbrunnsviken from the Nobel Park, Stockholm)
Signed O. Arb=s. Oil on canvas 48 x 89 cm.
Provenance
The collections of wholesaler Nils Gumpert; Bukowski Auktioner AB, Stockholm, Sale 275, 13 March 1930, lot 1; private collection.
More about Olof Arborelius
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.
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