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Mollie Faustman

(Sweden, 1883-1966)
Estimate
10 000 - 12 000 SEK
969 - 1 160 EUR
1 110 - 1 330 USD
Hammer price
7 000 SEK
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Mollie Faustman
(Sweden, 1883-1966)

Carl Wilhelmson's self-portrait from 1927 (copy after Wilhelmson's original in Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence)

Oil on canvas 76 x 54 cm.

Provenance

The family of Carl Wilhelmson.

Exhibitions

Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde, Stockholm, "Carl Wilhelmson (1866-1928). Ljusmålaren från Bohuslän", 5 September 2009 - 31 January 2010, no. 68; Bohusläns Museum, Uddevalla, Sweden, "Carl Wilhelmson (1866-1928). Ljusmålaren från Bohuslän", 20 February - 8 August 2010, no. 68.

Literature

(Ed.) Göran Söderlund, "Carl Wilhelmson", 2009, mentioned p. 47 and illustrated full page in colour, p. 46.

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Artist

Mollie Faustman was a Swedish artist and author born in Stockholm. She studied for Carl Wilhelmsson at Valand's Art School in Gothenburg and also studied abroad for Henri Matisse in Paris 1910. Faustman belongs to the artist collectives Optimisterna and Independenterna. She wrote even wrote essays in Dagens Nyheter under the alias "Vagabonde". Faustman painted landscapes and portraits, often depicting children and she also ilustrated her own books. Her painting style was powerful with strong colours.

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