4509 - Oscar Frans Stenvall, "Swedish Landscape"

Oscar Frans Stenvall, "Swedish Landscape" View from an elevated position, with a bench, looking out over a river; on the right bank, a castle with two Swedish flags; the clouds already faintly reddened by the setting sun; an atmospheric, romantic landscape, oil on canvas, signed lower right; on the reverse of the frame, remnants of an old label and a stamp reading ‘Ramkonst Lovhammer & Son Stockholm’, on the stretcher, an old label with wax seals in Swedish, which confirms that this painting was auctioned in Gothenburg on 24 May 1938 from the artist’s estate; framed; in need of cleaning and minor restoration; Inner dimensions: 47 x 60 cm. Artist information: Swedish artist (1856 in Gothenburg - 1916 in Gothenburg), studied at the academies in Stockholm, Munich and Paris; strongly influenced by the Barbizon painters; returned to Gothenburg in 1887, where he initially worked as a portrait painter and later focused primarily on romantic-style landscapes; his works are mainly held in various Swedish museums; source: Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon Online and Wikipedia.