Lars Boëthius (1903-1968) Winter Landscape, Oil on Board

Code: 2514

Dimensions:

'' Winter Landscape ''

Oil on board

16.5 x 15.5 in (42 x 40 cm) framed approx

Provenance: Sweden

Description:

A beautiful signed and dated 1928 post-impressionist oil on board winter landscape with a red dog kennel by Swedish artist Lars Boëthius . In the mid 1920s Boëthius was heavily influenced by the French post-impressionist painter Henri Rousseau, which is clearly evident in this work. The dog kennel is a wonderfully unusual addition.

Condition:

Very good condition.

Artist information:

Lars Daniel Boëthius was born in Stockholm on 23rd September 1903.

Boëthius attended Althins Målarskola, the Painting School established (in 1896) by the Swedish artist Caleb Althin (1866-1918) for a year in 1920 and Konstakademien (Academy of Fine Arts), Stockholm (1921-1923).

In the mid 1920s Boëthius was heavily influenced by the French post-impressionist painter Henri Rousseau (1844-1910). Boëthius exhibited at Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet (Swedish-French Art Gallery), Stockholm in 1927, 1928 and 1929. Established in 1918 by Gösta Olson (1883-1966) the gallery became the main dealer in twentieth-century art in Sweden. Bukowski's took over the auction side of the business in the early 1970s. In 1928, Boëthius exhibited alongside Sven Erixson (1899-1970) and Thorwald Alef (1896-1974)

Boëthius travelled to Paris in 1930.

Other exhibitions include Galerie Moderne, Stockholm (1933) and at Elsa Lindström's 'Modern Konst i Hemmiljö' (Modern art in the home), Storgatan 48, Stockholm in 1938 and 1940; Gävle (1942) and Örnsköldsvik (1945).

Examples of Boëthius' works are held in the collections of Moderna Muséet and Konstakademien, Stockholm; Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Malmö Museum and Norrköping Art Museum.