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Oscar Gustaf Bjorck

Oscar Gustaf Bjorck (1860 - 1929) was active/lived in Sweden, Italy.  Oscar Bjorck is known for Portrait, marine, genre and decorative painting.

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Oscar Gustaf Björck (1860-1929) was a Swedish painter and a professor at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts.

Born in Stockholm, from 1877 to 1882, Björck was a student of Edvard Perséus at the Academy where his paintings included Loke fängslas af asarne (Loki imprisoned by Asar) (1880), Gustaf Vasa inför kung Hans (Gustaf Vasa before King Hans) (1881) and Den förlorade sonens återkomst (Return of the prodigal son) (1882) which was awarded the Royal Medal. In 1883, Björck was awarded a travel scholarship. He spent the winter of 1883-84 in Paris.

The following winter, he went to Munich where he painted a few portraits, including a full-length painting of his wife. In the spring of 1885, he moved to Venice and, in the autumn, to Rome where he painted the large portrait of Susanna (Museum of Gothenburg) and Romerska smeder (Roman blacksmiths) (Washington National Gallery of Art, Washington). In 1887, he completed a number of paintings including the Veneziansk saluhall (Veneti   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3122 characters.]  Artist bio

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  • Swedish
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  • Skagen Painters, Denmark

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