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Bruno Liljefors

(Sweden, 1860-1939)
Estimate
20 000 - 25 000 SEK
1 780 - 2 220 EUR
1 870 - 2 340 USD
Hammer price
20 000 SEK
Purchasing info
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Lisa Gartz
Stockholm
Lisa Gartz
Head Specialist Silver
+46 (0)709 17 99 93
Bruno Liljefors
(Sweden, 1860-1939)

Sea eagle

Foundry marks H. Bergman Cire Perdue. Marked: "Gjuten 1964 av Herman Bergmans Konstgjuteri på uppdrag av Bruno Liljefors arvingar. Detta är exemplar 9/10". (= This cast was made in 1964 by Herman Bergman foundry, ordered by the heirs. This is no 9/10). Bronze, gold patina. Height 17 cm.

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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