"Knipor"
Signed B. Liljefors. Probably executed between 1920-1925. A letter from the son Lindorm Liljefors accompanies this lot. Oil on canvas 44.5 x 47 cm.
Provenance
Aquired directly from the artist in 1935 by Dr. Gösta Renck (1894 - 1955), Norrköping (see letter).
By descent to estate manager Hans-Jörgen Renck (1921 - 2005), Norrköping.
Sold through H. Bukowskis Konsthandel, Stockholm, private sale in 1958.
Private Collection, Sweden.
Exhibitions
Liljevalchs konsthall, Stockholm, "Carl Larsson - Bruno Liljefors - Anders Zorn", 9 July - 17 August 1930.
More information
Handwritten letter from Lindorm Liljefors, dated Dannemora, 15 March 1935:
Norrköping
Doctor Gösta Renck,
The undersigned would hereby respectfully like to thank you for xxx kr, which I have today received by post giro, and which amount constitutes full payment for my father's painting "Knipor".
Neither I nor my father can say for certain in which year the painting was made. However, it is probably during the period 1920 - 1925. I have a study by my father of two dead hanging teal signed 1924, and your painting is likely from about the same time.
With excellent high regard,
Lindorm Liljefors
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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