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Pelle Swedlund

(Sweden, 1865-1947)
Estimate
25 000 - 30 000 SEK
2 410 - 2 890 EUR
2 770 - 3 320 USD
Hammer price
20 000 SEK
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Rasmus Sjöbeck
Stockholm
Rasmus Sjöbeck
Assistant Specialist Classic Art, Old Masters
+46 (0)727 33 24 02
Pelle Swedlund
(Sweden, 1865-1947)

'Tiggaren från Concarneau'

Signed PS and dated Concarneau -93. Oil on canvas 56 x 28 cm.

More information

Pelle Swedlund was born in 1865 in Gävle, Sweden. After completing his studies at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (1889-92), Swedlund travelled to Paris where he met Paul Gauguin and together they experimented with creating woodcuts. According to tradition, the current portrait is said to depict Paul Gauguin.