392 - Knut Janson,

Knut Janson, Swedish 1882-1966- Landscape with a river in the distance; oil on panel, signed 'Knut Janson' (lower right), bears various labels inscribed in Swedish verso, 26 x 34 cm. ARR. Provenance: Anon. sale, Auktionsverket, Stockholm, 6 December 1989, lot 188. Private Collection, UK. Note: Janson studied at the Konstnärsförbundet School in Stockholm from 1905 to 1908, followed by travels in France. He was a member of De unga (The Young Ones), the progressive artists’ association formed in 1907 alongside Isaac Grünewald (1889-1946), Sigfrid Ullman (1886-1960), Birger Simonsson (1883-1938) and others, whose exhibitions contributed to the emergence of modernism in Swedish art. Janson is best known for landscapes, particularly subjects from the Stockholm region and France. His work is held in the collections of the Nationalmuseum and Moderna Museet, Stockholm, and the Norrköping Art Museum. Comparable landscapes to this have sold at Bukowskis, Stockholm on 26 October 2010, lot 173 (£968), and at Stockholms Auktionsverk, Stockholm, on 14 November 2023, lot 510, (£2,568).