Alfred Gunnar Bjareby (1899-1967) was a painter, sculptor, and illustrator. Born in Sweden, he emigrated to the United States in 1923, settling in the Boston area. He studied with Gustav Boulanger at... Read full biography
Alfred Gunnar Bjareby (1899-1967) was a painter, sculptor, and illustrator. Born in Sweden, he emigrated to the United States in 1923, settling in the Boston area. He studied with Gustav Boulanger at the Academie Julian in Paris, where he exhibited at the 1933 Salon. In Boston he studied at the... Read full biography
Alfred Gunnar Bjareby (1899-1967) was a painter, sculptor, and illustrator. Born in Sweden, he emigrated to the United States in 1923, settling in the Boston area. He studied with Gustav Boulanger at the Academie Julian in Paris, where he exhibited at the 1933 Salon. In Boston he studied at the Boston Museum School. He spent time in Rockport and Gloucester, Massachusetts, painting brightly-colored plein-air marine scenes featuring boats and fishermen. Many of these works were the basis for... Read full biography
Alfred Gunnar Bjareby (1899-1967) was a painter, sculptor, and illustrator. Born in Sweden, he emigrated to the United States in 1923, settling in the Boston area. He studied with Gustav Boulanger at the Academie Julian in Paris, where he exhibited at the 1933 Salon. In Boston he studied at the Boston Museum School. He spent time in Rockport and Gloucester, Massachusetts, painting brightly-colored plein-air marine scenes featuring boats and fishermen. Many of these works were the basis for larger studio paintings, which he exhibited in Boston, Cape Ann, and Ogunquit, Maine. Bjareby painted murals in Boston's Parker House Hotel and at St. Joseph's Cathedral in New Hampshire, and he was also a book illustrator. Bjareby was a member of... Read full biography
Alfred Gunnar Bjareby (1899-1967) was a painter, sculptor, and illustrator. Born in Sweden, he emigrated to the United States in 1923, settling in the Boston area. He studied with Gustav Boulanger at the Academie Julian in Paris, where he exhibited at the 1933 Salon. In Boston he studied at the Boston Museum School. He spent time in Rockport and Gloucester, Massachusetts, painting brightly-colored plein-air marine scenes featuring boats and fishermen. Many of these works were the basis for larger studio paintings, which he exhibited in Boston, Cape Ann, and Ogunquit, Maine. Bjareby painted murals in Boston's Parker House Hotel and at St. Joseph's Cathedral in New Hampshire, and he was also a book illustrator. Bjareby was a member of Gloucester's North Shore Art Association, winning exhibition medals in 1942, 1951, and 1955. He also exhibite... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (6)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Artists of Cape Ann: A 150 Year Tradition (Exhibition catalog)
2003
Lyme Art Association
160 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1959 American Biographies