artist: Frans Axel Wester (Swedish 1906-1977)
medium: oil on panel
dimensions: 31 x 19 cm panel size / 42 x 30 cm frame size (approx)
signed and dated 56
* April 16, 2026 - currently being framed in a new angled teak stained timber frame with archival mat and non-reflective UV glass. Due back April 30, 2026. If purchased in the meantime we will fulfil your order as soon as back from our framing workshop. Photos to follow.
AU $660 (approx US $475 / 400 EUROS / 75,500 yen / 350 GBP - for exact current conversion visit xe.com)
artist bio
Frans Axel Wester was born 25 August 1906 in Avesta. He was a Swedish artist.
After completing his matriculation examination and studying art history at Uppsala University, he went on to study painting with various private teachers. He regularly exhibited often with groups exhibitions curated by Dalarnas konstförening. Wester is best known for his still life works, landscapes and portraits painted in gouache, oil or watercolour.
He was married to the textile designer Eva Birgit Marianne Wester (nee Larsson).
Wester passed away at the age of 70 on 23 May 1977 in his home town of Avesta.