Bruno Liljefors
"Barrskog med skogsmård anfallande en orrhöna" (Forest scene with pine marten attacking a Black Grouse Hen)
Signed Bruno Liljefors and dated -88. Watercolour, gouache and heightened white 34.5 x 48 cm.
Literature
Allan Ellenius, "Bruno Liljefors. Naturen som livsrum", 1996/1997, illustrated full spread in colour pages 48-49.
More information
I boken "Bruno Liljefors. Naturen som livsrum" vilken skrevs av, professor emeritus i konstvetenskap vid Uppsala universitet, Allan Ellenius i samband med den stora utställningen av Liljefors verk på Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde i Stockholm 1996 beskriver författaren katalognumret enligt följande: "Den ena av två likartade varianter på motivet (den andra från samma år i Göteborgs konstmuseum). Rovdjurets attack är välberäknad och besläktad med duvhökens i collaget från 1883. Associationerna går osökt till gymnasten i den flygande trapetsen och målarens beundran inför vad han kallade 'akrobatens orubbliga precision i den lek han kan kosta på sig' ".
Designer
Bruno Liljefors is the Swedish artist best known for his nature and animal motifs, especially in dramatic situations. Liljefors started with studies at the Academy of Arts in 1879, and continued 1882 in Düsseldorf where the studies revolved around animal painting. The journey then continued to Venice, Rome, Naples, Paris and Grez. Once back in Sweden, he began to draw and paint animals, especially cats and small birds, from the beginning in intimate interaction with nature. He then moved on to broader depictions of wild animals and nature, of seascapes with seabirds and of dramatic scenes of battles between birds. Liljefors is known as our country's foremost animal painter with a large production. Liljefors depicted, in contrast to the "idyllic" animal painting, the animals everyday life with a focus on movement, anatomy and their adaptation to the landscape. This is where the greatness of his painting lies, in the ability to show the animals in their proper environment. He has achieved this by hunting and observing. Well-known works of art are the paintings "Rävfamilj" (1886) and "Havsörnar" (1897), as well as the sculpture "Lek" (1930) at Stockholm Stadium. Liljefors is mainly represented at the National Museum, Waldemarsudde and the Thielska gallery in Stockholm.
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