Hugo Birger
Hugo Birger, oil on panel, signed Hugo Birger Paris.
"I ateljén". Executed around 1878. 27.5 x 20 cm.
Surface dirt, wear along the frame with minor loss of colour.
Provenance
Doktor L. Renck, Strängnäs
Privat samling, Stockholm.
Literature
Sixten Strömbom, "Hugo Birger", 1947, listed in the catalouge as no 55, p 311.
More information
I Sixten Strömboms beskrivande katalog över Birgers arbeten skriver han följande om det föreliggande katalognumret: "En smärt ung kvinnl. modell iförd guldskimrande klänning står i en ateljé. Hon vrider huvudet t.v. mot en målare (Edelfelts vän Dagnan-Bouveret?) som sitter på en stol bakom henne i färd med att knäppa hennes dräkt i ryggen..."
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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