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Alf Wallander BIOGRAPHY
1862 - 1914. Known for: Painting.
After completing studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, Alf Wallander studied in Paris from 1885-89. In 1886, the same year that he performed in the light of the evening lamp, he also spent some time... Read full biography
After completing studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, Alf Wallander studied in Paris from 1885-89. In 1886, the same year that he performed in the light of the evening lamp, he also spent some time in the Swedish artist colony in Grez, a stay which, among other things, resulted in the gumma... Read full biography
After completing studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, Alf Wallander studied in Paris from 1885-89. In 1886, the same year that he performed in the light of the evening lamp, he also spent some time in the Swedish artist colony in Grez, a stay which, among other things, resulted in the gumma engraving in glasses, Grez (National Museum). The high level that his artistry had achieved at this time is also exemplified by the purchase of the oil painting Julottan that year by the Minneapolis Museum.... Read full biography
After completing studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, Alf Wallander studied in Paris from 1885-89. In 1886, the same year that he performed in the light of the evening lamp, he also spent some time in the Swedish artist colony in Grez, a stay which, among other things, resulted in the gumma engraving in glasses, Grez (National Museum). The high level that his artistry had achieved at this time is also exemplified by the purchase of the oil painting Julottan that year by the Minneapolis Museum. In 1889 he got his oil painting A funny show of honor at the Salon and for the pastel Tiggargubbe he received an extra 1st prize at the World Exhibition. Above all, it was precisely the pastel that became Alf Wallander's medium. He was arguably... Read full biography
After completing studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, Alf Wallander studied in Paris from 1885-89. In 1886, the same year that he performed in the light of the evening lamp, he also spent some time in the Swedish artist colony in Grez, a stay which, among other things, resulted in the gumma engraving in glasses, Grez (National Museum). The high level that his artistry had achieved at this time is also exemplified by the purchase of the oil painting Julottan that year by the Minneapolis Museum. In 1889 he got his oil painting A funny show of honor at the Salon and for the pastel Tiggargubbe he received an extra 1st prize at the World Exhibition. Above all, it was precisely the pastel that became Alf Wallander's medium. He was arguably Sweden's foremost pastel painter in the late 1800s and his most significant work belongs to the now-current I The Eveni... Read full biography
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Biography from Uppsala (also see Stockholms Auktionsverk)
After completing studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, Alf Wallander studied in Paris from 1885-89. In 1886, the same year that he performed in the light of the evening lamp, he also spent some time in the Swedish artist colony in Grez, a stay which, among other things, resulted in the gumma engraving in glasses, Grez (National Museum).
The high level that his artistry had achieved at this time is also exemplified by the purchase of the oil painting Julottan that year by the Minneapolis Museum. In 1889 he got his oil painting A funny show of honor at the Salon and for the pastel Tiggargubbe he received an extra 1st prize at the World Exhibition.
Above all, it was precisely the pastel that became Alf Wallander's medium. He was arguably Sweden's foremost pastel painter in the late 1800s and his most significant work belongs to the now-current I The Evening Lamp from 1886.
Prior to this work, the thoughts go unnoticed to Hanna Pauli's famous monumental Friends of 1900-07 (National Museum). The fact that Alf Wallander's painting was completed 14 years before Hanna Pauli begins his work is undeniably interesting. The idea is that Hanna Pauli must have seen Alf Wallander's painting at some point and that it came to be one of the sources of inspiration for Friends several years later.Biography from Bukowski Stockholm
Alf Wallander was a Swedish visual artist, ceramist and designer born in Stockholm. He studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm and in Paris. Wallander was the nephew of the artist Josef Wilhelm Wallander and was a member of the Artists' Association, which included Richard Bergh , Nils Kreuger and Karl Nordström.
He participated in exhibitions together with Bruno Liljefors, Prince Eugen and Oscar Björck . Wallander was a very versatile artist and he was inspired by the author Ellen Key's philosophy of "Beauty for all" and the British Arts & Crafts movement, which is visible in his production of furniture, textiles and ceramics.
His painting has a genre-based emphasis and the motifs are often portraits, landscapes and still lifes. Wallander was associated with Rörstrand's Porcelain Factory for which he manufactured glass and porcelain with Art Nouveau expressions.