Birgit Hygrell, Art Deco Portrait Of A Woman

Birgit Hygrell, Art Deco Portrait Of A WomanA gentle early 20th century portrait of a woman by Swedish painter, Birgit Hygrell (1903 1972). Hygrell was a versatile and widely exhibited painter who studied in Gothenburg and later at the Stockholm School of Art. This particular piece was created just two years after she left Stockholm at the age of 24. Its inscribed in the lower left Till Tant Ester, which translates as To Aunt Ester. Could it be a self portrait perhaps? Or is it Aunt Ester

In the foreground

It’s been painted in a style made synonymous by the impressionists and it was probably created outside

It’s an unusual portrayal

we can touch them up with gilt cream to cover the losses

It’s been painted in an impressionistic style with quick daubs of oil paint cleverly suggesting the finer details

We love the way that the sky almost feels as if it’s moving overhead

Skovgaard (1817-1875) who is considered one of the finest painters of the Danish Golden Age

21⅓” x 12½” / 54cm x 32cm

An atmospheric late 19th-century oil on canvas depicting a small fishing vessel floating on a lake by moonlight

Craquelure

In the distance

He was primarily known as one of Sweden’s most foremost silhouette portraitists