"forest Stream" By Axel Wilhelm Nordgren (1828-1888)

A large landscape with figures by the forest stream created in 1871 by the famous Swedish-German painter Axel Wilhelm Nordgren (1828 Stockholm - 1888 Düsseldorf). He studied at the Academy of Arts in Stockholm and since 1851 - in Düsseldorf, where he lived and worked as a landscape painter. His works are in the museums of Bergen, Dresden, Goeteborg, Koenigsberg, Luebeck, Mainz, Stockholm (National Museum and collection of the Technical High School).

Literature: Thieme / Becker “Lexicon of artists from ancient to contemporary”, Leipzig, 1999; Boetticher "Malerwerke des 19 Jahrhunderts"; Nordensvan "SvenskKonst etc. at 19 Jahrhundert".
Inscription: signed with initials and dated (18) 71 lower left
Technique: oil on canvas. Beautiful original period frame
Dimensions: unframed 91 x 69 cm, framed 112 x 90 cm.
Condition: very good, professional canvas reupholstered.