Gustaf Fjaestad(Sweden, 1868-1948)
Gustaf Fjaestad, Twilight by the Boathouses
Gustaf Fjaestad, Twilight by the Boathouses
Signed G. Fjaestad and dated 1940? Oil on panel 64 x 66 cm.
More about Gustaf Fjaestad
Gustav Fjaestad was a pupil of Bruno Liljefors and Carl Larsson. He became renound for his depictions of Swedish winter landscapes, often with glistening icecrystals and bubbling water by ice's edge, sometimes lit up by the setting sun, sometimes in scales of grey, white and purple. He also designed templates for woven wallpapers, furniture, and wrought iron. He is represented in major Swedish museums as well as in Vienna and Chicago.
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