GUSTAF RYDBERG, oil on canvas, signed G.Rydberg and dated 1865.
"Wattenfall i Wermland" (Waterfall in the province of Wermland, Sweden). 64 x 86 cm.
Uneven crazing. Retouches.
Provenance
Stockholms Konstförening (Stockholm Association for Art, acquired directly from the artist in 1865); Mrs S. Berg (won in the above mentioned associations Art lottery on 22 december 1865); Accountant John Berg, Stockholm; private collection.
Exhibitions
Stockholms Konstförening (Stockholm Association for Art), 1865; Kungl. Akademien för de fria konsterna (The Royal Academy of Arts), "Gustaf Rydberg. Minnesutställning", October 1920, ex. cat.
Literature
Ny Ill. Tidning, no. 3, 21 January 1866, mentioned; "Ord o. Bild", 1901, illustrated, p. 293; Helge Kjellin, "Gustaf Rydberg. Skånes målare", SAK, 1925, illustrated half page, p. 148; Helge Kjellin, "Beskrivande katalog över Gustaf Rydbergs oljemålningar, handteckningar och etsningar", SAK, 1926, listed in the catalogue p. 25 under no. 74; Georg Nordensvan, "Sveriges Allmänna Konstförening 1832-1932. En historik och jubileumsskrift", 1932, mentioned p. 100.
