Important Winter Sale presents Gustaf Fjaestad

Bukowskis presents Hoarfrost at dawn by Gustaf Fjaestad at this season's largest live auction – Important Winter Sale.

Few artists, like Gustaf Fjaestad, have succeeded in capturing the beauty of the Swedish landscape dressed in winter. In his paintings, the artist conveyed an almost supernatural interpretation of the pristine Swedish nature’s aesthetic qualities and values of beauty. One of Fjaestad’s biographers, Agneta Fjaestad Nordmark, speaks of “a sense of intimacy,” “as if this very place were ‘one’s own’ private spot.” It is easy to agree with this observation when looking at the painting offered in this auction. Somewhere at the intersection of nature lyricism and symbolism, the forest motifs of Värmland are depicted with artistic precision and rich detail.

After Fjaestad’s death in 1948, the columnist “Felix” wrote in Arvika Nyheter: “With his exquisite masterpieces he had, over his long life, given joy. He discovered the beauty of winter, and all his art, filled with genuine atmosphere, has enchanted us…” The quote aptly summarises the inherent qualities of Fjaestad’s artistic output.