artist: Anders Altzar (Swedish 1886-1939)
medium: oil on canvas on panel
dimensions: 30 x 17 cm panel size / 42 1/2 x 29 1/2 cm framed size (approx)
signed and dated 09
presented in a new off white painted timber liner with hand finished outer timber frame
AU $880 (approx US $605 / 525 EUROS / 110,000 yen / 460 GBP - for exact current conversion visit xe.com)
artist biography
Anders Altzar was born May 6, 1886 in Hjulbäck, Siljansnäs. He was a Swedish artist.
He was the son of Altsar Anders Persson and Hanses Anna Andersdotter. His grandfather was the portrait painter Altsar Per Andersson (1797-1857). Altzar belonged to an old spinning wheel turner family in Dalarna. After graduating school Altzar was forced to help support the family by working on the family farm. His artistic talent was noticed by the artists Sigfrid Ullman, Emerik Stenberg and Gustaf Ankarcrona who lived in Ullvi outside Djurås. At the age of 17 with the assistance of a patron, he was given the opportunity to study art at the Konstakademien (Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts) under Gustaf Cederström. He later studied landscape painting for Gustaf Ankarcrona. He settled in Leksand in 1920, where he worked until his death. Altzar was one of the most productive painters in Dalarna and he mainly painted landscape scenes from the farmsteads in Dalarna. He had solo exhibitions in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Leksand, Falun and Mora.
Altzar passed away at the age of 52 on March 4, 1939 in Leksand.