OLOF LARSÉN (Harrogate 1907-1998 Parish of Lövestad.), Capture, signed and dated 73, oil on canvas.

about 100x133 cm

Olof Larsén (1907—1998) was a Swedish artist, born in Harrogate, England. Larsén studied art at the Art School in New York in 1936 and at the Edvin Oller School of Painting in Stockholm 1943—1944 as well as at the Académie Julian in Paris in 1947, exhibiting his works in Stockholm, Helsinki and Östersund, among others.

In the 1960s he lived in Arvika, where he also had his studio. Larsén primarily painted still lifes, landscapes and figure compositions, often with features of Edvard Munch's expressive style.