Description:

Karl Kihlgren, Provence, oil painting, listed Swedish artist.

Modernist southern European landscape composition with houses, lush vegetation and strong areas of colour, executed in oil on canvas. Signed Kihlgren.

Origin: Sweden.
Material: Oil on canvas.
Dimensions: Visual size 50 × 80 cm.
Period: 1940s.
Condition: In excellent condition with minor signs of wear.

Bio:
Karl Anders Kihlgren (1914–1963) was a Swedish painter born in Örebro. He studied under Otte Sköld and at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and undertook study trips to several European countries, including France, Italy and Spain. Kihlgren worked with landscapes, figure subjects and still lifes, often characterised by a modernist approach and a strong use of colour. He is represented in the collection of Örebro Museum.