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Gustaf Fjaestad

(Sweden, 1868-1948)
Estimate
300 000 - 350 000 SEK
26 700 - 31 100 EUR
27 200 - 31 800 USD
Hammer price
400 000 SEK
Covered by droit de suite

By law, the buyer will pay an artist fee for this work of art. This fee is 5% of the hammer price, or less. For more information about this law:

Sweden: BUS
Finland: Kuvasto

Purchasing info
Gustaf Fjaestad
(Sweden, 1868-1948)

Rime

Signed G. Fjæstad and dated -20. Oil on canvas 96.5 x 137 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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