ISAAC GRÜNEWALD'S BOOK ON MATISM AND EXPRESSIONISM 1944 WITH A COMPREHENSIVE DEDICATION.

Grünewald, Isaac, Swedish artist etc., (1889-1946). Matisse and expressionism. Wahlström & Widstrand, Stockholm, 1944. First edition. 8vo in a red half Moroccan band with gilded text and decoration on the back and marbled binders. Front cover bound. Richly illustrated with reproductions of Matisse's works, some of which are in color. 200 p. including the posters.
With a nice and extensive dedication with a blue ink pen on the front page: "To the rare fairies Karin, Maja and Viola Johansson with thanks and heartfelt greetings from Björn's father Isaac Grünewald. Christmas 1944."Grünewald was a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts 1932-1942. He lived in Paris 1908-1911 where he studied painting at Matisse art school.