Lot 95
**Originally Listed At $250**
Hans Stridh (Swedish, 1893-1957). "Garden" oil on canvas, ca. 1940s. Signed at lower left. Title on verso. A fascinating painting by Swedish artist Hans Stridh featuring the abstract depiction of a garden with loose, open brush strokes and darkened hues of violet, blue, lavender, gray, and gold. Size: 24.125" W x 19.875" H (61.3 cm x 50.5 cm)
About the artist: "Hans Gustaf Stridh was born September 26, 1893 in Boras. He was a Swedish painter and illustrator. Stridh's main interest from primary school was drawing and he started dreaming of becoming an artist at an early age, but it was only at the age of 25 that he was able to fulfil his dreams. He studied under fellow Swedish artists Birger Simonsson (1883-1938) and Tor Bjurstrom (1888-1966) at Valands malarskola in Gothenburg from 1919. He stayed in Munich 19221923 where he expanded his basic art education through studies for German teachers, then he traveled to Rome where he studied for N Lepinski at the British Academy of Arts in Rome. His stay in Rome came to mean a lot to him both as an artist and a person, and through Lepinski he learned a good lesson in the English watercolour tradition. He lived for a time in 1925 in Anticoli Corrado, which was then a gathering place for the Swedish artists in Italy.
In the mid-1920s, he returned to his hometown of Boras, where he decorated a studio. As a person, Strridh had a very sensitive disposition and was very self-critical, which hampered his contacts with the audience and also contributed to his relatively limited fame outside Boras. He made his debut with a solo exhibition in Borås in 1932 and always remained a rare exhibitor compared to his artist colleagues and he only had two solo exhibitions in Stockholm at Galerie Moderne - one in 1939 and and another in 1945. In Boras he exhibited with Manfred Flyckt in 1935, with Britta Nehrman in 1952, and with Svän Grandin and Gottfrid Källqvist in 1943. He participated in some group exhibitions in Borås and The Sveriges allmanna konstforenings (Swedish General Art Association) autumn exhibition in Stockholm in 1940 and in the Nordic art exhibitions in Gothenburg and Copenhagen in 1941. He participated in the exhibition Borasare t Gothenburg Art Gallery in 1942 and in a watercolour exhibition at the Konstakademien (Art Academy) in Stockholm in 1947. A memorial exhibition of his art was shown at Boras Art Gallery in 1957.
He is best known for his atmospheric interiors, soft forest scenes, flowering summer meadows, model studies, portraits and still lifes. Examples of Stridhs work are held in a number of public collections including ones at Boras Art Museum, Norrkoping Art Museum, Moderna Museet in Stockholm, and the Gothenburg Museum. Stridh passed away on April 24, 1957 at the age of 63." (source: Gallery Midlandia website)
Provenance: private Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA collection; ex-J.J. Cunningham Gallery, Denver, Colorado, USA
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- Condition: Some light surface wear, but otherwise in good overall condition. Signed at lower left.
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