Gunnar Erik STROM (1892-1982), "Le Jugement de Pâris" oil on - Lot 655

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Gunnar Erik STROM (1892-1982), "Le Jugement de Pâris" oil on - Lot 655
Gunnar Erik STROM (1892-1982), "Le Jugement de Pâris" oil on canvas marouflaged on isorel panel, oval form, signed and dated lower right "GES 1941" Dim. 126x94 cm In a large Louis XV-style molded, carved, stuccoed and gilded wooden frame decorated with shells, ribbons and flowers. Dim. 158x107 cm. Gunnar STROM born October 15, 1892 in Landskrona, died February 10, 1982 in Vetlanda, was a Swedish painter, draughtsman, graphic artist and sculptor. He was the son of civil engineer Axel Ström and Augusta Ferner, and from 1920 married to Jane Ingrid Clara Seth. Ström studied art with Olle Hjortsberg at the Royal Academy of Arts 1912-1917, where he was awarded the Royal Medal in 1917. He also took part in Axel Tallberg's engraving course, where he executed a series of line engravings that attracted attention. In addition to his study trips to Italy, Spain, England and France, among other places, he lived and worked in Gothenburg with mainly decorative tasks. He assisted Hjortsberg in decorating the Engelbrekt church in Stockholm in 1916, and decorated the Gothenburg Masonic Lodge in 1917. He also exhibited at the Medin book section in Stockholm in 1919, and took part in several group shows at the Academy of Fine Arts. He painted an altarpiece for Göteborg's Annedal church in 1939, a choir window for Skövde church in 1927 and a background painting for the Lidköping parish center. His secular works include decoration for the main restaurant at the 1923 Gothenburg Exhibition, ceiling paintings for Gothenburg's Hotel Place and mirror paintings for Svenska Amerikalinjen's M/S Kungsholm and M/S Stockholm, as well as decoration for a number of Gothenburg cinemas, including the Biografen "Palladium" and balcony decorations for the now-defunct "Cosmorama" cinema. Ström is represented in the Gothenburg Historical Museum. THE JUDGMENT OF PARIS Period frame This painting comes from the decorative ensemble of the "PALLADIUM" cinema in the center of GOTEBORG.
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