Birger Hansson-Böe - Spring Evening, Frykensjön, SunneBirger Hansson Be (19001986) Sweden Vrkvll, Frykensjn, Sunne, c. 19201930 signed indistinctly lower right oil on canvas verso with paper labels, including an inscribed title label Nr 1 Vrkvll Frykensjn Sunne unframed 21 40 cm (8. 3 15. 7 in) framed 30. 5 49. 5 cm (12. 0 19. 5 in) Provenance: Acquired at a Be auction in Jnkping during the 1930s, according to a handwritten note on the reverse. Private collection thereafter. Condition report The paint

His passion for hunting and dogs

Such a depiction of everyday life amid nature reflects the artist’s empathy for country folk and the authenticity he brought to scenes of Swedish peasant life

Executed most likely during the 1940s

Olof Walfrid Nilsson (1868-1956)

the restrained palette and refined modelling lending the work a dreamlike stillness

The composition captures the ethereal quality of the Stockholm archipelago

During these years

Unframed 25

he devoted much of his energy to building his own residence and studio at Leksand (completed in 1917) in a traditional timber national-romantic style

yet not my will

Wickenberg here focuses on its gentler character

His posture suggests a moment of deep concentration and effort