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Redstarts and Butterflies. Five studies in one frame, NM 2223–2227

Bruno Liljefors (1860 - 1939)

Artist/Maker

DatesMade: Signed 1885

Material / Technique

Oil on wood

Dimensionsh x w: Mått 26,5 x 17 cm h x w x d: Ram 55 x 142 x 3 cm

Inventory numberNM 2223

AcqusitionBequest 1920 Wholesale Dealer Herman Friedländer

Other titlesTitle (sv): Rödstjärtar och fjäril. En av fem djurstudier i samma ram, NM 2223–2227 Title (en): Redstarts and Butterflies. Five studies in one frame, NM 2223–2227

DescriptionDescription: Bruno Liljefors was not a great traveller. France did not impress him, but he yearned to return to the Swedish landscape. Impressions from French naturalism were, however, to influence his animal painting, which has the same accuracy of detail. Few painters possessed a capacity for observation combined with technical expertise like Liljefors. Mounting several paintings in the same frame was modelled on Japanese precedents were woodcuts were often displayed in the same way.

Collection

MaterialWood, Oil paint

TechniquePainting

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