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Gustaf Fjaestad

(Sweden, 1868-1948)
Estimate
200 000 - 300 000 SEK
17 700 - 26 500 EUR
18 200 - 27 300 USD
Hammer price
240 000 SEK
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Gustaf Fjaestad
(Sweden, 1868-1948)

"Förvinter (Duved Jämtland)" (Early Winter, scene from Duved Jämtland in the north of Sweden)

Signed G. Fjæstad and dated 1914-17. Oil on canvas 119 x 147 cm.

Artist

Gustav Fjaestad was a pupil of Bruno Liljefors and Carl Larsson. He became renound for his depictions of Swedish winter landscapes, often with glistening icecrystals and bubbling water by ice's edge, sometimes lit up by the setting sun, sometimes in scales of grey, white and purple. He also designed templates for woven wallpapers, furniture, and wrought iron. He is represented in major Swedish museums as well as in Vienna and Chicago.

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