Holger Gardelius, Swedish artist. Still life with green apples, oil on board. Dated 1943.

Holger Gardelius, still life with green apples, oil on board, listed Swedish artist.

Still life depicting five green apples, executed in a simplified modernist idiom with broad areas of colour and pronounced green tones. Signed and dated 1943.

Origin: Sweden.
Material: Oil on board.
Dimensions: Visual size 22.5 × 29.5 cm, total size 33 × 40 cm.
Period: 1943.
Condition: In excellent condition with minor signs of wear.

Bio:
Holger Gardelius (1908–1972), full name Oskar Elof Holger Gardelius, was a Swedish painter, draughtsman, and graphic artist born in Stockholm. He studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm and continued his artistic studies in Paris. Gardelius worked with landscapes, still lifes, and works on paper and is noted for grey-toned watercolours depicting the Stockholm archipelago as well as gouaches with subjects from Paris. His work belongs to the broader development of 20th-century Swedish art, with a characteristic emphasis on simplified form and colour.