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Bruno Liljefors

(Sweden, 1860-1939)
Estimate
1 500 000 - 2 000 000 SEK
133 000 - 177 000 EUR
137 000 - 182 000 USD
Hammer price
1 500 000 SEK
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Bruno Liljefors
(Sweden, 1860-1939)

"Rapphöna med prästkragar" / "Partridge with Daisies"

Signed Bruno Liljefors and dated -90. Canvas 33.5 x 43.5 cm.

Exhibitions

Åmells Konsthandel, Stockholm, "Bruno Liljefors. En privatsamling", 1990, no. 15.
Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde, Stockholm, "Bruno Liljefors", 20 September 1996 - 6 January 1997, no. 30.
Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Gothenburg, "Bruno Liljefors", 25 January - 25 May 1997, no. 30.

Literature

Martha Hill, "Bruno Liljefors. The Peerless Eye", 1987, illustrated full page, p. 76 (under the title "Partridge with Daisies").
Allan Ellenius, "Bruno Liljefors. Naturen som livsrum", 1996, mentioned and illustrated half page, p. 84.

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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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