Wilho Sjöström, "Gino".
Sign.1925. Oil on canvas 72x59 cm.
Wear due to age and use.
The family of the artist - present owner.
"Wilho Sjöström,", Pyhäniemen Kartano 10.6.-12.8.2001.
Tuomi Elmgren-Heinonen, "Wilho Sjöström-Muistikuvia taipaleen varrelta", WSOY 1943. Illustrated on p.133.
In the year 1925 Wilho Sjöström travelled to St.Paul in southeastern France where the light, colourfulness and billowy landscapes inspired him and made him utterly productive. The painting "Gino" depicts an italian olive picker, who he met and befriended in St.Paul.