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Olof Arborelius

(Sweden, 1842-1915)
Estimate
18 000 SEK
1 610 EUR
1 700 USD
Hammer price
13 500 SEK
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Olof Arborelius
(Sweden, 1842-1915)

"Kor vid skogstjärn"

Signerad Olof Arborelius. Duk 72,5 x 117 cm.

Provenance

Generalkonsul Axel Th. Sandberg, Stockholm.

Exhibitions

Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, "Olof Arborelius - Minnesutställning", 1943, kat nr 84.

Designer

Olof Arborelius was a Swedish visual artist born in Orsa. He studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm on the recommendation of Johan Fredrik Höckerts and was a student of till Richard Bergh. Arborelius was granted a scholarship to travel which he used to visit Düsseldorf, Paris, München, and Rome. Upon his return he became a member of the academy.
Arborelius was a teacher at the Technical School, was associated with Opponents group, and participated in exhibitions organized by the Artist’s Association. He is most notable for his landscape and genre paintings, inspired by Barbizon school of painting. His art is realistic in its expression, and his landscapes are derived from Dalarna, Bergslagen, Schweiz, Italy, Stockholm, and the west coast.

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