Anna Boberg (Stockholm 1864–1935 Stockholm)
"Boats under the Snow" - Fishing boats at anchor in Lofoten
Fishing boats at anchor in Lofoten
Signed “A. Boberg”
oil on canvas
unframed 40 x 60 cm (15.7 x 23.6 in)
framed 49 x 68 cm (19.3 x 26.8 in)
the original frame is included.
Provenance:
A Swedish private collection, we sell it in kommission for a client.
Exhibited
La Decima Esposizione a Venezia, 1912 (10th International Art Exhibition of the City of Venice). Catalogue by Ugo Ojetti, 1912, no. 312, Barche sotto la Neve (Boats under the Snow).
(Possibly) included in the travelling exhibition Contemporary Scandinavian Art, shown in New York, Buffalo, Toledo, Chicago and Boston, 1912–1913. Listed as no. 4, After the Day’s Work, on p. 55. The exhibition featured seven works by Anna Boberg.
Essay:
The Venice exhibition of 1912, today known as the Biennale, included six works by Boberg, nos. 311–316. Four of these were illustrated in the catalogue (311, 313, 314 and 316).
Between late 1912 and 1913, the American-Scandinavian Society organised a major travelling exhibition that was shown in several American museums. Among the 176 works presented, Boberg was the only woman artist. Her Swedish colleagues included Gustaf Fjaestad, Otto Hesselbom, Gunnar Hallström, Bruno Liljefors, Carl Larsson, Anders Zorn and Carl Milles. It is quite possible that the present painting was part of her contribution.
Boberg had already achieved an international reputation by this time. Her Arctic paintings...
Category
Post-Impressionist Early 1900s Art