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Alf Lundeby BIOGRAPHY
1870 - 1961. Known for: Painting.
Alf Lundeby grew up in Solør to the north east of Kristiania (modern-day Olso), and studied with Harriet Backer (1896-97) and traveled in his late 'twenties through Germany and Italy, visiting... Read full biography
Alf Lundeby grew up in Solør to the north east of Kristiania (modern-day Olso), and studied with Harriet Backer (1896-97) and traveled in his late 'twenties through Germany and Italy, visiting Munich, Florence, Rome and Siena before wintering in Rome. In 1909, he studied with Matisse in Paris... Read full biography
Alf Lundeby grew up in Solør to the north east of Kristiania (modern-day Olso), and studied with Harriet Backer (1896-97) and traveled in his late 'twenties through Germany and Italy, visiting Munich, Florence, Rome and Siena before wintering in Rome. In 1909, he studied with Matisse in Paris alongside fellow Norwegian painters Axel Revold (1887-1962) and Henrik Sørensen (see lot 201). But it was Italy that drew him back to paint time and again, visiting and staying for extended periods,... Read full biography
Alf Lundeby grew up in Solør to the north east of Kristiania (modern-day Olso), and studied with Harriet Backer (1896-97) and traveled in his late 'twenties through Germany and Italy, visiting Munich, Florence, Rome and Siena before wintering in Rome. In 1909, he studied with Matisse in Paris alongside fellow Norwegian painters Axel Revold (1887-1962) and Henrik Sørensen (see lot 201). But it was Italy that drew him back to paint time and again, visiting and staying for extended periods, often years at a time, on at least six different occasions between 1923 and 1952. In Italy, he completed his most celebrated works, including From the Palantine (1898) and View towards the Palantine (1899), both in the National Museum,... Read full biography
Alf Lundeby grew up in Solør to the north east of Kristiania (modern-day Olso), and studied with Harriet Backer (1896-97) and traveled in his late 'twenties through Germany and Italy, visiting Munich, Florence, Rome and Siena before wintering in Rome. In 1909, he studied with Matisse in Paris alongside fellow Norwegian painters Axel Revold (1887-1962) and Henrik Sørensen (see lot 201). But it was Italy that drew him back to paint time and again, visiting and staying for extended periods, often years at a time, on at least six different occasions between 1923 and 1952. In Italy, he completed his most celebrated works, including From the Palantine (1898) and View towards the Palantine (1899), both in the National Museum, Oslo. Other examples of his work are in public collections in Bergen and Lillehammer.
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Alf Lundeby grew up in Solør to the north east of Kristiania (modern-day Olso), and studied with Harriet Backer (1896-97) and traveled in his late 'twenties through Germany and Italy, visiting Munich, Florence, Rome and Siena before wintering in Rome.
In 1909, he studied with Matisse in Paris alongside fellow Norwegian painters Axel Revold (1887-1962) and Henrik Sørensen (see lot 201). But it was Italy that drew him back to paint time and again, visiting and staying for extended periods, often years at a time, on at least six different occasions between 1923 and 1952.
In Italy, he completed his most celebrated works, including From the Palantine (1898) and View towards the Palantine (1899), both in the National Museum, ...But wait, there's more...
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