Hugo Birger
"Sten Sture frigifver den danska drottningen ur fångenskap i Wadstena"
Signed H. Birger. Executed 1876. Canvas 137 x 193 cm.
Provenance
Private collection, Stockholm.
Literature
Emil Hultmark, Kungl. Akademiens för de fria konsterna utställningar 1794-1887, Stockholm 1935, p 560.
Sixten Strömbom, "Hugo Birger", 1947, to studies to this motif are listed in the catalogue p 308, no 33 and 34.
More information
Det aktuella katalognumret var Konstakademins prisämne 1876 och andra kända deltagare samma år var Ernst Josephson och Carl Larsson.
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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