'Portrait of a Brunette' by Bertil Berntsson

'Portrait of a Brunette' by Bertil Berntssonartist: Bertil Berntsson (Swedish 1921 2002) medium: oil on panel dimensions: 60 x 69 1 2 cm framed size (approx) faintly signed bottom right * note original artist label bio attached verso circa 1950s presented in its original linen liner frame with new outer hand finished timber frame AU $935 (approx US $625 575 EUROS 82,500 yen 505 GBP for exact current conversion visit xe. com) artist bio Bertil Berntsson was born on 1st January 1921 in Vr. He

artist: Bertil Berntsson (Swedish 1921-2002)

medium: oil on panel

dimensions: 60 x 69 1/2 cm framed size (approx)
faintly signed bottom right
* note - original artist label / bio attached verso
circa 1950s
presented in its original linen liner frame with new outer hand finished timber frame

AU $935 (approx US $625 / 575 EUROS / 82,500 yen / 505 GBP - for exact current conversion visit xe.com)

artist bio
Bertil Berntsson was born on 1st January 1921 in Värö. He studied at the Konsthögskolan Valand between 1939 and 1940, the Skånska målarskolan in Malmö between 1945 and 1946 and then in Paris, in 1949, under the French artist André Lhote (1885-1962). Berntsson first exhibited in Varberg in 1939 and participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Stockholm, Malmö and Helsingborg beginning in 1947 and through the 1970s.

Berntsson's works are held in the public collections of the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, Malmö konstmuseum Ystad konstmuseum, Helsingborgs stadsmuseum, Halmstad Museum, Lund University's Collection and the Archive for Decorative Art in Lund.

Berntsson passed away in 2002, aged 81.