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Bruno Liljefors, a key figure in the Scandinavian art scene at the end of the 19th century, is presented for the first time in France at the Petit Palais.
This unique exhibition presents a collection of around a hundred works, paintings, drawings and photographs from the collections of the greatest Swedish museums such as the National museum in Stockholm, partner of the exhibition, the Thiel Gallery, the Gothenburg Museum, and also from many private collections.
Liljefors grew up in Uppsala, a city north of Stockholm, in the heart of vast wil- dernesses. From a young age, he trained to draw and showed a great talent for caricatures and illustration.
In 1879, he enrolled at the Royal Academy of Painting and met Anders Zorn who would remain his friend all his life. To perfect his apprenticeship, he traveled to Germany and Italy before settling in Paris in a colony of Nordic artists.
Liljefors did not stay long in France and returned permanently to Sweden in 1884 to devote himself exclusively to the representation of animals in Swedish nature.
Bruno Liljefors,
Five animal studies in
a frame: Redstarts and butterflies, 1885. Oil on panel,
26.5×16.5 cm. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm. © Stockholm, Nationalmuseum /
Photo Cecilia Heisser.