
Approx 56x63 cm Provenance: Swedish private collection. The works were purchased between the years 1969-1971 directly by Nils "Björnjägaren" Rundgren himself. At the time, the artist lived near the village of Havsjön in Bergslagen.
Biography: Nils Vilhelm Rundgren, often called the Björnjägaren, born February 10, 1890 in Augerum parish in Blekinge, died August 13, 1971 in Hjulsjö parish Hällefors, was a Swedish genuine-naive painter and craftsman. (Wikipedia) Before matriculation, Rundgren went on a spree and started making objects out of wire. Later he painted recurring motifs such as the Abyssinian cow, sweepers, locomotives, figures. The color scale is often brown-red, grey-green and sometimes dark blue.
The bear hunter was noticed in 1969 and some of his paintings were exhibited at Liljevalchs in Stockholm.
https://zenzafacta.wordpress.com/2017/09/13/nils-bjornjagarn-rundgren-var-en-datida-luffare-och-svensk-bildkonstnar/.
Edges with handling wear.
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Approx 56x63 cm Provenance: Swedish private collection. The works were purchased between the years 1969-1971 directly by Nils "Björnjägaren" Rundgren himself. At the time, the artist lived near the village of Havsjön in Bergslagen.
Biography: Nils Vilhelm Rundgren, often called the Björnjägaren, born February 10, 1890 in Augerum parish in Blekinge, died August 13, 1971 in Hjulsjö parish Hällefors, was a Swedish genuine-naive painter and craftsman. (Wikipedia) Before matriculation, Rundgren went on a spree and started making objects out of wire. Later he painted recurring motifs such as the Abyssinian cow, sweepers, locomotives, figures. The color scale is often brown-red, grey-green and sometimes dark blue.
The bear hunter was noticed in 1969 and some of his paintings were exhibited at Liljevalchs in Stockholm.
https://zenzafacta.wordpress.com/2017/09/13/nils-bjornjagarn-rundgren-var-en-datida-luffare-och-svensk-bildkonstnar/.
Edges with handling wear.
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