artist: Sune Tjellander (Swedish 1912-1976)
medium: oil on panel
dimensions: 32 x 40 cm panel size (approx) / 48 x 55 cm frame size (approx)
signed
circa 1950s/60s
presented in its original frame
AU $1150 (approx US $730 / 695 EUROS / 109,000 yen / 580 GBP - for exact current conversion visit xe.com)
artist biography
Karl Sune Tjellander was born 3 May, 1912 in Stockholm. He was a Swedish painter and print maker.
After two years of studiying at the Tekniska skolans in Stockholm and then six years with ABF’s Konstcirkla, he worked full-time as an artist. He also took private study trips within Scandinavia and in 1946 to England, Madeira, Morocco and Spain and in 1947 to France and Italy.
Tjellander had solo exhibitions at Ateljé Signe Borg in Stockholm (together with Henry Axelsson and Tore Wideryd) in 1944, De Ungas salong in Stockhom in 1948, Umea in 1946 and 1949, in 1952 (alongside with Tore Wideryd) and in 1960, at Hälleforsnäs in Södermanland (alongside Bror V. Pedersen) in 1949, Karlskoga and Kristinehamn in 1951, Lorensbergs konstsalong in Gothenburg (with Jan Hatvani) in 1953, at Modern konst i hemmiljö (Modern Art in the Home Environment) in Stockholm in 1955, Tranas, Vetlanda and Eksjö (together with Edvin Ollers and Folke Hellsén) in 1956 and Boden (with Hjalmar Rönnbäck and Ossian Eriksson) in 1960. Starting in 1940 he exhibited in regularly in the Sveriges allmänna konstförenings (Swedish Art Association) salons in Stockholm, and showed at HSB's exhibitions God konst i alla hem (Good Art in All Homes) in Stockholm in 1944, 1949 and 1953, Fyra generationer (Four Generations) in Skövde konsthall in 1953 and in Lorensberg's art salon 1955, 1959 and 1960.
Tjellander is best known for his landscapes, interiors, portraits and figurative works. In addition to painting he also worked with colour lithography . He was a member of the Konstnärernas riksorganisation och Konstnärsklubben (National Association of Artists and the Artists’ Club) in Stockholm.
He passed away on 14 March, 1976.