artist: Birger Lindberg (Swedish 1901-1991)
medium: oil on panel
dimensions: 55 x 46 cm panel size size / 67 1/2 x 58 1/2 cm frame size (approx)
signed, dated 56 on verso
presented in an off white timber liner and outer hand stained timber frame
AU $1695 (approx US $1140 / 1025 EUROS / 163,500 yen / 865 GBP - for exact current conversion visit xe.com)
artist bio
Birger Lindberg was born June 1, 1901 in Stockholm. He was a Swedish artist and writer.
Lindberg studied at the Slöjdföreningens school in Gothenburg from 1917 to 1920 under Albert and Hjalmar Eldh and at Valand's målarskola (painting school) under Tor Bjurström from 1920 to 1923. He worked for a number of years as a freelance journalist and illustrator for various newspapers in Gothenburg. During this time he traveled around Europe spending time in London, Paris, Brittany, Provence, Dordogne, Andorra (with a total of two years' stay in France, and in Spain for half a year in 1951 and half a year again in 1954). He was part of the artist group De Unga and one of the founders of Göteborgs konstnärsklubb (Gothenburg's Artists' club).
Lindberg exhibited his work in solo and group exhibitions throughout his career. Early exhibitions include Första gängen (The First Gang) at Medén's bookshop in Gothenburg in 1924 (he exhibited exhibited in Gothenburg regularly including notable shows in 1925, 1932 and 1945). He had solo exhibitions in Stockholm in1940 at Palladium, in 1946 at De Ungas Salong, in 1948 at Galerie Acté, and in Karlskoga, Norrköping and Örebro in 1944. Has showed in numerous group exhibitions including Konstnärsklubben in Gothenburg 1936, Galerie Moderne in Stockholm 1937, Les jeunes Artistes suédois à Paris at the Institute Tessin in Paris 1938, Abo and Helsingfors in 1950 and again in Les Artistes suédois de Paris in 1953.
He is best known for his portraits and figurative paintings. Examples of Lindberg’s works are held in the public collections including the Gothenburg Art Museum, with the National Museum in Stockholm, Kalmar County Museum, Gävle Museum, Växjö Museum, Institut Tessin in Paris and Avignon and the Performing Arts Museum.
He published a monograph on the painter Carl Ryd in 1933 and wrote the script for the radio series Konstdialoger about the artist Blåberg and the play Duell , which premiered at Stockholm's student theatre in 1940.
Lindberg was married to the writer and artist Ester (Essi) Torborg Ottosdotter (1900-1962). He passed away in 1991.