Hugo Birger
"Kaskad vid Alhambra" (Cascade in Alhambra)
Signed Hugo BiRGER and dated Granada-Paris -85. Oil on canvas 139 x 89 cm.
Provenance
Earlier in the collections of Nils Parkfelt, Gothenburg, Sweden; private collection.
Exhibitions
Blanchs konstsalong, Stockholm, "Opponenternas utställning", (opened on the 15th September) 1885.
Literature
Konst i svenska hem, vol. 8, listed (under the title "Mulåsnor vid källa, Granada") p. 417 under collection 711: "Assessor Nils Parkfelt, Bäckeliden 6, Göteborg"; Sixten Strömbom, "Hugo Birger. En levnadsteckning", 1947, mentioned p. 228 and listed in the catalogue p. 332, no. 188.
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Artist
Hugo Birger was a Swedish visual artist born in Stockholm, where he studied at the Swedish Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Birger later travelled to Paris where he spent time with Carl Larsson and Carl Skånberg, and he later had his debut in a Paris Salon. Birger was highly active in Spain and France, where he had a shared studio with Ernst Josephson. Due to Birger’s severe rheumatism, the artist chose to make the Mediterranean into his permanent home due to its warm climate. Birger’s most famous artwork is "Skandinaviska konstnärernas frukost på Café Ledoyen" from 1886 which depicts a breakfast setting shared amongst Birger’s colleagues in Paris featuring Alfred Wahlberg and Georg Pauli. Birger's paintings are executed with great skill and lively coloration, showcasing his mastery in capturing sunlight.
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