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Hugo Birger

(Sweden, 1854-1887)
Hugo Birger, Spanish square with musicians.Hugo Birger, Spanish square with musicians.
Hugo Birger, Spanish square with musicians.Hugo Birger, Spanish square with musicians.
Hugo Birger, Spanish square with musicians.Hugo Birger, Spanish square with musicians.
Hugo Birger, Spanish square with musicians.Hugo Birger, Spanish square with musicians.
Hugo Birger, Spanish square with musicians.Hugo Birger, Spanish square with musicians.
Hugo Birger, Spanish square with musicians.Hugo Birger, Spanish square with musicians.
Hugo Birger, Spanish square with musicians.Hugo Birger, Spanish square with musicians.
Hugo Birger, Spanish square with musicians.Hugo Birger, Spanish square with musicians.
Hugo Birger, Spanish square with musicians.Hugo Birger, Spanish square with musicians.
Hugo Birger, Spanish square with musicians.Hugo Birger, Spanish square with musicians.
Hugo Birger, Spanish square with musicians.
Hugo Birger, Spanish square with musicians.
Hugo Birger, Spanish square with musicians.
Hugo Birger, Spanish square with musicians.
Hugo Birger, Spanish square with musicians.
Hugo Birger, Spanish square with musicians.
Hugo Birger, Spanish square with musicians.
Hugo Birger, Spanish square with musicians.
Hugo Birger, Spanish square with musicians.
Hugo Birger, Spanish square with musicians.
Estimate
150 000 - 200 000 SEK
14 400 - 19 200 EUR
16 600 - 22 100 USD
Hammer price
Unsold
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Rasmus Sjöbeck
Stockholm
Rasmus Sjöbeck
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Hugo Birger
(Sweden, 1854-1887)

Spanish square with musicians

Signed and dated Hugo Birger Paris-Granada -86. Oil on canvas, 85 x 120 cm.

Provenance

Stockholms Auktionsverk, Klassiska kvalitén, 28 May 2009, lot 2179.

Artist

Hugo Birger was a Swedish visual artist born in Stockholm, where he studied at the Swedish Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Birger later travelled to Paris where he spent time with Carl Larsson and Carl Skånberg, and he later had his debut in a Paris Salon. Birger was highly active in Spain and France, where he had a shared studio with Ernst Josephson. Due to Birger’s severe rheumatism, the artist chose to make the Mediterranean into his permanent home due to its warm climate. Birger’s most famous artwork is "Skandinaviska konstnärernas frukost på Café Ledoyen" from 1886 which depicts a breakfast setting shared amongst Birger’s colleagues in Paris featuring Alfred Wahlberg and Georg Pauli. Birger's paintings are executed with great skill and lively coloration, showcasing his mastery in capturing sunlight.

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