GUSTAF FJAESTAD, mixed media on canvas, signed G Fjæstad and dated -05.
"Racken i mitt hjärta" (Landscape from the province of Värmland in Sweden). 120 x 147 cm.
A few scattered insignificant scratches. A few scattered areas with minor or insignificant loss of paint, two slightly more apparent cases situated in the lower left corner of the canvas towards the picture frame.
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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