artist: Erland Melanton (Swedish 1916-1968)
medium: oil on panel
dimensions: 44 x 29 cm panel size / 54 x 37 cm framed (approx)
signed and dated 53
presented in its original frame
* frame currently being restored - due back late August, early September, 2025. Photos to follow. If purchased in the meantime we will fulfil your order as soon as this is back at the gallery
AU $980 (approx US $640 / 550 EUROS / 94,000 yen / 475 GBP - for exact current conversion visit xe.com)
artist biography
Erland Melanton was a Swedish painter and graphic artist born in Arkiva, Sweden on January 31, 1916.
Melanton studied Högre Konstindustriella Skolan in Stockholm from1938-1943 and became a teacher in watercoloir painting at the Konstfackskolan in 1946. Melanton studied mosaic techniques at the Art Academy in Ravenna ifrom 1946-1947 and mural painting at the Consulate Academy in Florence in 1949. He was a specialist teacher in painting at Konstfack 1949-1963, professor of painting at the Royal College of Art in Stockholm from May 1963.
His work is represented at the National Museum in Stockholm and he has a number of his public works - mosaic murals - around Sweden. Melanton was married to Swedish textile artist Kaisa Melanton.
Melanton passed away aged 52 in Viggbyholm, Sweden on September 30, 1968.