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Bruno Liljefors

(Sweden, 1860-1939)
Estimate
1 500 000 - 2 000 000 SEK
137 000 - 183 000 EUR
140 000 - 186 000 USD
Hammer price
1 500 000 SEK
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Bruno Liljefors
(Sweden, 1860-1939)

"Sångtrasten" (The song thrush)

Signed B. Liljefors and dated -88. Oil on relined canvas 23 x 76 cm.

Provenance

Bukowski Auktioner AB, Stockholm, Sale 440, "Vårauktionen", April 22 1986, lot 98 (illustrated full spread in colour in the catalogue, Färgpl. 8-9), private collection (acquired at the above sale).

Literature

K.E. Russow, "Bruno Liljefors", 1929, illustrated full page in colour, p. 93; Allan Ellenius, "Bruno Liljefors. Naturen som livsrum", 1996, illustrated in colour, p. 124.

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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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