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Paintings -> Scandinavian Modernists
Sven Lignell, oil painting on canvas, listed Swedish modernist.
Landscape composition executed in soft muted tones depicting a stylised coastal scene with sea and distant horizon. The composition is structured with broad areas of colour and gentle transitions, creating a calm atmospheric impression characteristic of Nordic modernist landscape painting of the mid-twentieth century.
Origin: Sweden.
Material: Canvas, oil.
Dimensions: Visual size 49 × 60 cm, total size 52 × 63 cm.
Period: 1960s.
Condition: Excellent condition with minor signs of wear.
Bio:
Sven Lignell (1927–1985) was a Swedish painter educated at Konstindustriskolan in Gothenburg and at the Valand School of Painting in Gothenburg, where he studied under artists Hjalmar Eldh, Nils Wedel and Nils Nilsson. He was particularly active during the 1950s and 1960s and exhibited at galleries in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Linköping. Lignell worked with still lifes, landscapes and portraits, often using a stylised modernist language with subtle cubist influences. His works are represented in collections including the City of Stockholm, the City of Gothenburg and the Galleria d’Arte Moderna in Madrid.
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