artist: Frithjof Smith-Hald (Norwegian/Swedish 1909-1989)
medium: serigraph
dimensions: 43 1/2 x 33 1/2 cm image size / 59 x 50 cm framed (approx)
signed and numbered limited edition - 5/10
dated 63
* October 15, 2026 - currently being framed with a new archival mat and backing and hand finished timber frame with non-reflective UV glass. Due back at the gallery late October, 2026. If purchased in the meantime we will fulfil your order as soon as back from our framing workshop
AU $1945 (approx US $1350 / 1020 EUROS / 213,000 yen / 995 GBP - for exact current conversion visit xe.com)
artist biography
Frithjof Smith-Hald was born 26 November 1909 in Bergen. He was a Norwegian-Swedish painter and print maker.
Smith-Hald grew up in an artistic family - his father was Norwegian artist Bjørn Smith-Hald (1883-1964) and his grandfather (of the same name) was Frithjof Smith-Hald (1846-1903). After graduating from high school in England, Smith-Hald studied medicine in Edinburgh for a couple of years, but he interrupted his studies to devote himself to art instead. He studied for four years at the Académie Colarossi in Paris and during several study trips to Italy and France.
He first exhibited in 1937 in Oslo in the Statens höstutställningar (State autumn exhibition) at the Kunstnerernes Hus in Oslo and with a number of art associations in Norway. Smith-Hald exhibitied in solo and group exhibitions throughout he career. He had solo exhibitions in Sweden including galleries in Sundsvall and Gävle, and in Oslo Paris.ration with fishing boats on a sunlit sea.
He is best known for his abstract compositions done in oil or watercolour. As he print maker he produced serigraphs and colour woodcuts.
He created a number of public artworks including a mosaic mural in 1960 at Apoteket Lejonet in Sundsvall. Examples of his work are held in numerous public collections including in Sweden at Gävle Museum and Stockholm City Collection, and in Norway at Mandal City Museum, Norsk kulturråd (Norwegian Cultural Council).
Smith-Hald passed away on 28 October, 1989 in Balestrand, Norway.