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Hugo Birger

(Sweden, 1854-1887)
Estimate
20 000 - 25 000 SEK
1 900 - 2 370 EUR
2 000 - 2 500 USD
Hammer price
18 500 SEK
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Johan Jinnerot
Stockholm
Johan Jinnerot
Specialist Art and Old master paintings
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Hugo Birger
(Sweden, 1854-1887)

Summer day, Lysekil

Signed Birger and dated Lysekil -85. Canvas 44,5 x 59 cm.

Designer

Hugo Birger was a Swedish visual artist born in Stockholm, where he studied at the Swedish Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Birger later travelled to Paris where he spent time with Carl Larsson and Carl Skånberg, and he later had his debut in a Paris Salon. Birger was highly active in Spain and France, where he had a shared studio with Ernst Josephson. Due to Birger’s severe rheumatism, the artist chose to make the Mediterranean into his permanent home due to its warm climate. Birger’s most famous artwork is "Skandinaviska konstnärernas frukost på Café Ledoyen" from 1886 which depicts a breakfast setting shared amongst Birger’s colleagues in Paris featuring Alfred Wahlberg and Georg Pauli. Birger's paintings are executed with great skill and lively coloration, showcasing his mastery in capturing sunlight.

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