'Winter in the Mountains' by Anton Lindforss

'Winter in the Mountains' by Anton Lindforssartist: Anton Lindforss (Finnish 1890 1943) medium: oil on canvas dimensions: 63 x 46 cm canvas size 77 x 62 cm framed size (approx) signed on front also signed and dated 40 presented in its original frame with age related wear and patina AU $1600 (approx US $1035 980 EUROS 160,000 yen 820 GBP for exact current conversion visit xe. com) artist biography Anton Lindforss was born December 8, 1890, Tampere. He was a Finnish expressionist painter and

artist: Anton Lindforss (Finnish 1890-1943)

medium: oil on canvas

dimensions:  63 x 46 cm canvas size / 77 x 62 cm framed size (approx)
signed on front
also signed and dated -40

presented in its original frame with age related wear and patina

AU $1600 (approx US $1035 / 980 EUROS / 160,000 yen / 820 GBP - for exact current conversion visit xe.com)

artist biography
Anton Lindforss was born December 8, 1890, Tampere. He was a Finnish expressionist painter and member of the art group Marraskuulaisten ryhmään (Novemberists) led by Tyko Sallinen. 

After graduating school Lindforss initially studied law but then transferred to fine art and studied at the drawing room of the University of Helsinki in from 1909 to 1910 and at the drawing school of the Finnish Art Association in from 1910 to 1911. In 1914, Lindforss went on a study trip to England and then joined the Novemberists led by Tyko Sallinen.

In 1921, Lindforss bought this Humala studio located in Hyvinkää from Jalmari Ruokokoski. He lived in Hyvinkää until 1938, when he moved to the artists' home in Lalluka.

Lindforss was an enthusiastic landscape painter and he took regular painting trips, particularly to Lapland, whose landscapes were of a regular subject. He photographed Savoland landscapes, and the Finnish city of Kuopio has even honoured him by naming a bridge in the Saaristokaupunki district after him. Critics and the public alike liked Lindforss's art, the artist was financially successful.

Lindforss is represented in the permanent collection of the Finnish National Gallery / Ateneum Art Museum which holds over a dozen of his paintings.

He was married to architect Elsi Borg. Lindforss passed away at the age of 52 on September 3, 1943 in Helsinki.

* Photo of Lindforss (at left) with his wfe, the architect Elsi Borg - photo: Thérèse Bonney, © The Regents of the University of California, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.