Bruno Liljefors was a Swedish artist widely regarded as one of the most important wildlife painters of the 19th century. His depictions of birds in particular are considered iconic for their groundbreaking combination of Impressionistic brushstrokes and carefully observed realism. Often painting from life, Liljefors kept many live animals in an enclosure at his home to use as models, including foxes, an eagle, and hares. His 1908 painting, Winter Hare, featuring a lifelike rendering of a hare bounding through the snow, is one of his best-known works. Born on May 14, 1860 in Uppsala, Sweden into a poor family, his talent for drawing was recognized by an early age, with local shopkeepers reportedly giving the boy art materials in support. He went on to study at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts in Stockholm, and later also produced sequential picture narratives, which are seen as examples of the earliest form of Swedish comic books. During the late 1890s, he exhibited at the prestigious Paris Salon. He died on December 18, 1939 in Stockholm, Sweden.
For more biographical information see part 1, and for earlier works see parts 1 - 3 also.
This is part 4 of a 4-part series on the works of Bruno Liljefors:
1938 Fox in a Winter Landscape
oil on canvas 52 x 75.5 cm
National Museum of Fine Arts, Stockholm, Sweden
1938 Swans in Flight
oil on canvas 34 x 50 cm
1939 Landscape with Geese
oil on canvas 49 x 68 cm
A Family of Foxes
oil on canvas 69.9 x 100.3 cm
A Sea Eagle chasing an Eider Duck
oil on canvas 87.6 x 135.9 cm
Bird Studies
watercolour 52 x 24.5 cm
National Museum of Fine Arts, Stockholm, Sweden
Bullfinches
oil on canvas 81.5 x 65 cm
By the Sea. A Spring Day
oil on canvas 54.5 x 33.5 cm
National Museum of Fine Arts, Stockholm, Sweden
Cranes landing
oil on canvas 121 x 85 cm
Eluding the Fox
oil on canvas 70.5 x 101.6 cm
Fox hunting Ducks
oil on canvas 35 x 50 cm
Fox in twilight Landscape
oil on canvas 35 x 50 cm
Fox stalking Prey by the water's edge
oil on canvas 35 x 50 cm
Fox with Mallard, and Crow on the Ice
oil on canvas 36.5 x 46.5 cm
Fox with Prey, and Crows in Winter Landscape
oil on canvas 36 x 51 cm
Foxes
oil on canvas 63.5 x 50 cm
Hare in Winter Landscape
oil on canvas 35.5 x 50.5 cm
Hawk attacking Prey
oil on canvas 80.6 x 115.6 cm
Mallard in reflecting Water
oil on canvas, laid down on panel 33 x 40 cm
Mallards
oil on canvas 35 x 50 cm
Partridges and Daisies
watercolour on paper 32.5 x 24 cm
Peregrine Falcon in Treetop
India ink on paper 51 x 36 cm
Seal on Cob at Sunset
oil on canvas 71 x 100 cm
Stretching Swans
oil on canvas 35 x 50 cm
Summer Landscape with Fox and lifting Birds
ink, grey wash, heightening white 23 x 32.5 cm
Swans in Flight
oil on canvas 35 x 50 cm
Swans in Flight
oil on canvas 35 x 50 cm
The Fox
oil on canvas 25 x 36 cm
National Museum of Fine Arts, Stockholm, Sweden
Tree Trunks
oil on canvas 101 x 68.5 cm
Winter Hare at the Fence
oil on canvas 35 x 50 cm
Winter Landscape with Fox and Harrier
oil on canvas 35 x 50 cm
Winter Landscape with Fox stalking Black Grouse
oil on canvas 35 x 50 cm
Winter Landscape with Hare by Fence
oil on canvas 35 x 50 cm
Winter Landscape with Hare
oil on canvas 35 x 50 cm
Woodcock
oil on panel 44.5 x 37.5 cm
