LILJEFORS, BRUNO.

Author: Ellenius, Allan
Country: Sweden
Language: Swedish
Year Published: 2006
No. of pages: 112
Illustrations: 53 Color Illustrations. 6 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 8 1/2” x 8”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 9127114430
Biblio/Bio: Bio. Bibl. Index. Cat. of exh.
Code: 5886

Price: $75.00

Liljefors (1860-1939) was a Swedish artist, the most important and probably the most influential wildlife painter of the late 19th and early 20th century. All his life he was a hunter, and he often painted predator-prey action, for example fox-hare, sea eagle-eider, goshak-black goose. However, he never exaggerated the ferocity of the predator or the pathos of the prey, depicting with sensitivity and accuracy the birds and animals of his native Sweden in their natural habitats. His paintings feature in the background the flora, the marshes, the lakes, the sea, and the woodlands of Sweden, although the focus is always on the animals. This book shows the greatness of Liljefors and his ability to show animals in their environment.