Lot 209: Folke Andreasson , Swedish 1902-1948 Vid havsviken (By the Bay) oil on canvas

signed Folke Andreasson lower left oil on canvas

30 by 39cm., 11¾ by 15¼in.

Acquired privately by the present owner in the early 1990s

PROPERTY OF A SWEDISH PRIVATE COLLECTOR
Folke Andreasson started out as a tailor before entering the Valand Academy in 1920. After his studies in Gothenburg he continued studying in France. The work of contemporary artists he met there, as well as of the Norwegian modernists, would have a lasting influence on his painting.