"Räv och skator" (Fox and magpies)
Signed Bruno Liljefors and dated -85. Oil on canvas 41 x 56.5 cm.
Provenance
The collections of Consul Erik and Mrs. Lisa Brodin, Stockholm; the collections of Mr. Kåre and Mrs. Ingrid Bäckström, Djursholm, Stockholm; private collection.
Exhibitions
Liljevalchs Konsthall (Liljevalchs Public Art Gallery), Stockholm, "Bruno Liljefors. Minnesutställning", 30 September - 30 October 1960, no. 28.
Literature
Ernst Malmberg, 'Brodinska hemmet. Villagatan 6, Stockholm', article in (Ed.) Albin Roosval, "Svenska hem i ord och bilder", 1935, mentioned p. 223 ("en mycket elegant duk framställande en räv som tagit en and och attackeras av två näsvisa skator") and illustrated in interior photo ("Hallen en trappa upp med tavlor av Liljefors") p. 220; "Konst i svenska hem", N:o 5, listed p. 264 under collection 415: "Fil. Dr och Fru Kåre och Ingrid Bäckström, Karlavägen 11, Djursholm".
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More about Bruno Liljefors
Bruno Liljefors is the Swedish artist best known for his nature and animal motifs, especially in dramatic situations. Liljefors started with studies at the Academy of Arts in 1879, and continued 1882 in Düsseldorf where the studies revolved around animal painting. The journey then continued to Venice, Rome, Naples, Paris and Grez. Once back in Sweden, he began to draw and paint animals, especially cats and small birds, from the beginning in intimate interaction with nature. He then moved on to broader depictions of wild animals and nature, of seascapes with seabirds and of dramatic scenes of battles between birds. Liljefors is known as our country's foremost animal painter with a large production. Liljefors depicted, in contrast to the "idyllic" animal painting, the animals everyday life with a focus on movement, anatomy and their adaptation to the landscape. This is where the greatness of his painting lies, in the ability to show the animals in their proper environment. He has achieved this by hunting and observing. Well-known works of art are the paintings "Rävfamilj" (1886) and "Havsörnar" (1897), as well as the sculpture "Lek" (1930) at Stockholm Stadium. Liljefors is mainly represented at the National Museum, Waldemarsudde and the Thielska gallery in Stockholm.
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