A Cat and a Chaffinch. Five animal studies in one frame, NM 2223-2227
Artist/Maker
DatesSigned: Signed 1885
Material / Technique
Dimensionsh x w: Mått 35 x 26,5 cm h x w x d: Ram 55 x 142 x 3 cm
Inventory numberNM 2225
AcqusitionBequest 1920 Wholesale Dealer Herman Friedländer
Other titlesTitel (sv): Katt och bofink. En av fem djurstudier i samma ram, NM 2223-2227 Titel (en): A Cat and a Chaffinch. Five animal 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
TechniquePainting
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