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Bruno Liljefors

(Sweden, 1860-1939)
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15 000 - 20 000 SEK
1 340 - 1 790 EUR
1 360 - 1 820 USD
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Lisa Gartz
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Bruno Liljefors
(Sweden, 1860-1939)

BRUNO LILJEFORS, bronze plaque, signed with initials. Diameter 18 cm.

Hunting pointers. Signed BL. Numbered No 5. Bronze. Diameter 18 cm (including metal loop 18.5 cm).

The general impression is good.

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Bruno Liljefors teckning av de vit & gula pointrarna Gun och Sir II blev underlag för Svenska Pointerklubbens emblem vid 1900-talets början. Förlagan användes också för den plakett i brons som medföljde vandringspriset Guldpokalen under en rad år.

Artist

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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