Lot no. 3502
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GUSTAF FJÆSTAD
(Stockholm 1868–1948 Arvika)
Winterlandscape. 1908.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated lower left: G. Fjaestad 08.
142.8 × 185 cm.
Provenance:
- Auction Dr. Fritz Nagel, Stuttgart, 1971.
- German private collection, purchased at the above auction.
The painter, tapestry designer and carpenter Gustaf Fjæstad was born on 22 December 1868 in Stockholm. Fjæstad was one of the leading Swedish painters at the turn of the 20th century. After studying art, he assisted Bruno Liljefors in creating depictions of animals at the Biological Museum in Stockholm and then Carl Larsson in completing frescoes at the National Museum of Stockholm. In 1898 Fjæstad married the young artist Maria Hellén. In search of unspoiled landscapes, endless forests and glittering lakes, the couple moved to Lake Racken in the Värmland province the same year. Gradually, the couple's artist friends also settled at Lake Racken, which led to the founding of the Racken Group artists' colony. The Swedish artist received his first public recognition for his landscape paintings at an exhibition in Stockholm in 1898. In 1908 he presented his first solo exhibition. The snow-covered landscapes of Värmland with its frost-covered fields, lakes and streams soon became Fjæstad’s signature theme. The artist developed an unusual technique in which he coated his canvases with light-sensitive chemicals, projected photographs onto them and used them as a guide for his paintings. Many of his works can be admired in the Swedish National Museum, the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio and the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. On 17 July 1948, Gustaf Fjæstad died in Arvika.
GUSTAF FJÆSTAD
(Stockholm 1868–1948 Arvika)
Winterlandschaft. 1908.
Öl auf Leinwand.
Unten links signiert und datiert: G. Fjæstad 08.
142,8 × 185 cm.
Provenienz:
- Auktion Dr. Fritz Nagel, Stuttgart, 1971.
- Deutsche Privatsammlung, an obiger Auktion erworben.
Gustaf Fjæstad wird am 22. Dezember 1868 in Stockholm geboren. Nach einem Kunststudium assistiert er Bruno Liljefors bei der Erstellung von Tierdarstellungen im Biologischen Museum in Stockholm und anschliessend Carl Larsson bei der Komplettierung von Fresken im Stockholmer Nationalmuseum. 1898 heiratet Fjæstad die junge Künstlerin Maria Hellén. Auf der Suche nach unberührten Landschaften, endlosen Wäldern und glitzernden Seen übersiedelt das Paar im selben Jahr in die Provinz Värmland. Allmählich lassen sich auch Künstlerfreunde des Paares am See Racken nieder, was zur Gründung der Künstlerkolonie Rackengruppe führt. Eine erste öffentliche Anerkennung für seine Landschaftsbilder erhält der schwedische Künstler 1898 bei einer Ausstellung in Stockholm. 1908 kann er seine erste Einzelausstellung präsentieren. Fjæstad macht die schneebedeckten Landschaften von Värmland mit den frostbedeckten Feldern, Seen und Bächen schon bald zu seinem Markenzeichen. Der Künstler entwickelt eine ungewöhnliche Technik, bei der er seine Leinwände mit lichtempfindlichen Chemikalien beschichtet, Fotografien darauf projiziert und diese als Leitfaden für seine Bilder verwendet. Viele seiner Werke sind im schwedischen Nationalmuseum, im Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio und im Musée d’Orsay in Paris zu bewundern. Am 17. Juli 1948 stirbt Gustaf Fjæstad in Arvika. Er zählt zu den führenden schwedischen Malern an der Wende des 20. Jahrhunderts.
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