'Still Life With Fish' by Hans Larsson

'Still Life With Fish' by Hans Larssonartist: Hans Larsson (Swedish 1910 1973) medium: oil on canvas dimensions: 50 x 30 cm canvas size 68 x 48 cm frame size (approx) signed and dated 58 presented in its original frame AU $860 (approx US $585 535 EUROS 82,500 yen 455 GBP for exact current conversion visit xe. com) artist biography Hans Sture Larsson was born May 25, 1910 in Malm. He was a Swedish artist. Larsson studied art at Mrta af Ekenstams Sknska mlarskolan in 1923 and 1924, the

artist: Hans Larsson (Swedish 1910-1973)

medium: oil on canvas

dimensions: 50 x 30 cm canvas size / 68 x 48 cm frame size (approx)
signed and dated 58
presented in its original frame

AU $860 (approx US $585 / 535 EUROS / 82,500 yen / 455 GBP - for exact current conversion visit xe.com)

artist biography

Hans Sture Larsson was born May 25, 1910 in Malmö. He was a Swedish artist.

Larsson studied art at Märta af Ekenstam’s Skånska målarskolan in 1923 and 1924, the Tekniska yrkesskolan in Malmö between 1927 and 1930, the Skånska målarskolan 1931. He took study trips to Berlin, Dresden and Munich. He lived and worked in Copenhagen from 1928 to 1937. 

He had solo exhibitions at Galerie Moderne, Stockholm in 1937, Malmö Museum in 1938, 1941and 1949, Stenmans Dotter, Stockholm in 1943, Modern konst i Malmö (Modern Art in Malmö) in 1944, Konst-Hallen, Gothenburg in 1945 (alongside Bertil Landelius), Skånska konstmuseum in Lund in 1945, Galerie Moderne’s annual Modern konst i Hemmiljö (Modern Art in the Home) exhibition in Stockholm in 1948), SDS-Centralen, Malmö in 1951) and Lilla konstsalongen, Malmö in 1956.

He showed regularly in group shows throughout his career and these include Grupp’, Malmö in 1935, Twenty Swedish Painters’, New York in 1939, ‘Skånska Målare’ (Skåne Painters), Gothenburg in 1940, ‘Tolv Skåningar’ (Twelve Castings), Galerie Moderne, Stockholm in 1941, ‘Nutida Svensk Konst’ (Contemporary Swedish Art), Copenhagen in 1942, ‘Nordisk konst’ (Nordic Art), Gothenburg in 1943, ‘Tio Skånska Konstnärer’ (Ten Scandinavian Artists), Färg och Form, Stockholm (in 1944, ‘Fem år Svensk Konst’ (Five Years of Swedish Art) Liljevalchs konsthall, Stockholm in 1945, The Nordic Art Association’s Exhibition, Oslo (1946), ‘Skavanks Kunst’, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen in 1946, ‘Det Moderna Museet’ (Modern Museum) Liljevalchs konsthall, Stockholm in 1950, ‘Skånekonstnärer’ (Skane Artists) Liljevalchs konsthall, Stockholm in 1951, and ‘Skånsk 1904-1954’ at Skånska konstmuseum, Lund in 1954.

Larsson painted of still lifes, portraits, figurative works and landscapes,  and was considered one of the foremost colourist painters from the  Skåne region in Sweden.

Examples of Larsson’s work is held in the collection of the National Museum in Stockholm, the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, the Swedish Museum of Natural History, Malmö Museum, the Statens Museum for Kunst (National Gallery of Denmark) in Copenhagen, Lund University Art Museum, Helsingborg Museum, Ystad Art Museum, Landskrona Art Museum, The Cincinnati Art Museum and the Tel-Aviv Art Museum.

He passed away in 1973 at the age of 63 in his hometown of Malmö.