artist: Sture Haglundh (Swedish 1908-1978)
medium: oil on panel
dimensions: 35 x 28 cm panel size / 49 1/2 x 41 1/2 cm frame size (approx)
signed
circa 1950s/60s
presented in its original frame with restored/repainted inner liner
AU $915 (approx US $630 / 535 EUROS / 98,500 yen / 460 GBP - for exact current conversion visit xe.com)
artist biography
Sture Charles Haglundh was born onJune 7, 1908 in Stockholm. He was a Swedish artist and print maker.
Haglundh graduated from the Konstakademiens grafiska skola (Graphic School of the Swedish Academy of Fine Arts) in 1941. He initially worked as a print maker. He exhibited from 1938 to 1943 in the annual Unga tecknare exhibition held at the National Museum in Stockholm and this he where he first gained attention. In 1945 and 1948 he had drawing exhibitions at Louis Hahne's konstsalong in Stockholm, and in 1951 he debuted as a painter at Galleri Brinken in Stockholm. In 1953 he had an exhibition at the townhouse in Amäl. He exhibited in group shows in Stockholm (including with the ‘Onsdagsgruppen’ ('Wednesday Group’) formed in 1951 by 9 artists), in Gothenburg and Malmö. He regularly showed in exhibitions curated by Sveriges allmänna konstförening (Swedish General Art Association). He was awarded the Kungastipendie (King's Scholarship) in 1953.
Examples of his work are held in the collections of the National Museum in Stockholm, The Moderna Museet in Stockholm, Gothenburg Art Museum, Gustav VI Adolf's Collection and the Stockholm City Museum.
Haglundh passed away on January 23, 1978 in Stockholm.