Bruno Liljefors
1860-1939.
Artist.
Bruno Liljefors, son of the gunpowder dealer Anders and Margareta Liljefors, studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts from 1879 to 1882 and then traveled to the animal painter C. F. Deiker in Düsseldorf and from there to Grez-sur-Loing, where he stayed with Carl Larsson and others in the Swedish artists' colony.
Bruno Liljefors became one of the country's foremost animal painters with an international reputation and is best known for his nature and animal motifs. Like Carl Larsson, Liljefors was inspired by Japanese art and created daylight paintings based on naturalistic principles. With the painting "Tjäderspel" and "Nattstycke", as well as a couple of other works, he won the second class medal at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1889.
The start of Liljefors' archipelago paintings is Morning mood over the sea from 1896, followed by a series of works with sea and bird motifs, usually painted in large format: "Uv vid havet", "Vilande havstrutar", "Jagande lom", "Rastande vildgäss" and "Storspovar" in 1899.
Liljefors' publications include the memoir Det vildas rike (1934). Art collections are held at the National Museum, the Gothenburg Museum of Art, the Thielska Gallery and Uppsala University. Bruno Liljefors' studio in Österbybruk is preserved as a museum.
Burial site: 0206-1641
Image description: Bruno Liljefors, unknown year. Photo: Unknown photographer / Wikimedia Commons. [The image is cropped]
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