European and British Art, Part II
European and British Art, Part II
Property from an Historic British Collection
Gerda Tirén
Mallows by a Wall
Lot Closed
July 13, 02:12 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Historic British Collection
Gerda Tirén
Swedish
1858 - 1928
Mallows by a Wall
signed and inscribed Gerda Rydberg / Grez upper right
oil on canvas
Unframed: 57.5 by 41.5cm., 22½ by 16¼in.
Framed: 79.5 by 64cm., 31¼ by 25in.
Sale: Christie's, London, 29 March 1990, lot 274
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Gerda Tirén née Rydberg studied at the Technical School in Stockholm and at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts. She travelled to Paris on a scholarship and spent time at the artists' colony in Grez-sur-Loing, where the present work was painted. Many Scandinavian artists sought refuge and inspiration at Grez, situated approximately 70km southeast of Paris. The village was a rural idyll and grey stonehouses were surrounded by moss-clad walls and gardens which sloped down to the river Loing.