'At Porto Azzuro, Italy' by Walter Nordgren - ON SALE was $445 now $275 - 10thANNIVERSARYSALE

'At Porto Azzuro, Italy' by Walter Nordgren - ON SALE was $445 now $275 - 10thANNIVERSARYSALEartist: Walter Nordgren (Swedish 1927 1964) medium: oil on canvas dimensions: 50 x 46 cm canvas size 53 x 48 cm framed size (approx) signed dated 1964 verso presented in its original artist made frame with wear and patina * note we are able to reframe on request for a small fee should you wish to have a new frame ON SALE was $445 now $275 10thANNIVERSARYSALE AU $445 (approx US $235 215 EUROS 34,500 yen 180 GBP for exact current value visit xe. com)

artist: Walter Nordgren (Swedish 1927-1964)

medium: oil on canvas

dimensions: 50 x 46 cm canvas size / 53 x 48 cm  framed size (approx)
signed
dated 1964 verso

presented in its original artist made frame with wear and patina
* note - we are able to reframe on request for a small fee should you wish to have a new frame

- ON SALE was $445 now $275 - 10thANNIVERSARYSALE
AU $445 (approx US $235 / 215 EUROS / 34,500 yen / 180 GBP - for exact current value visit xe.com)

artist biography
Börje Walter Nordgren was born May 8, 1927 in Säffle, Värmland. He was a Swedish painter, draftsman and illustrator. He was married to journalist Gudrun Nilsson.

Nordgren studied at Slöjdföreningen's skolal in Gothenburg from 1946 to 1949, at Valands konstskola from  1950 to 1951 and at the Konsthögskolan (Royal Academy of Fine Arts) in Stockholm from 1951 to 1956. During his studies at the Konsthögskolan, he was awarded a drawing scholarship in 1953 and was the recipient  of the Söderberg's fund in 1956. He took study trips to England, France, the Netherlands and Italy.

Nordgren had a solo exhibitions in Kristinehamn in 1959. He showed in numerous group exhibitions including Unga tecknare (Young Artists) exhibitions at the National Museum, Stockholm 1951, 1952 and 1953, with the Sveriges allmänna konstförenings (Swedish General Art Association) exhibition Svart och Vitt (Black and White) at the Art Academy in 1955, the spring salon at Liljevalch's art gallery in 1956, 1958, 1959 and 1963 and the Värmland Art Association's exhibitions between 1954 and 1959.

As an artist, he worked with he painted abstract landscape and still lifes works. As an illustrator he produced work for Dagens Nyheter, Svenska Morgonbladet, Aftonposten, Form och Pespektiv and created covers and illustrations for Maria Lang's books Se döden på dig verder and Mörkögda augustinatt, Harald Beijer's Marriage School and Hans Persson's Women's Love.

In 1952, he created the mural Staden vid havet (The City By the Sea) in tempera for the Salgrenska hospital in Gothenburg.

Nordgren is represented in public collections including work at the National Museum, Stockholm and the Värmlands Museum.

He passed away at the young age of 37 on September 18, 1964 in Skarpnäck, Stockholm.