Mollbrinks participates at London Art Fair

2025

We're exhibiting at London Art Fair

21- 26 JANUARY 2025

Stand no. G12

21-26 JANUARY 2025

Mollbrinks stand no. G12

Phone no. +46 708277103

Tuesday 21st January:

  • VIP Preview 14.00 – 17.00 (by invitation only)
  • Preview Evening 17.00 – 21.00

PUBLIC FAIR HOURS

  • Wednesday 22nd January 11.00 – 21.00
    • Late View 17.00 – 21.00 
  • Thursday 23rd January 11.00 – 19.00 
  • Friday 24th January 11.00 – 19.00
  • Saturday 25th January 11.00 – 19.00 
  • Sunday 26th January 11.00 – 17.00

 

Business Design Centre 52 Upper Street Islington London N10 QH

 

www.LondonArtFair.co.uk

Alexander Klingspor

N.Y.C. LEGEND

Alexander Klingspor

N.Y.C. LEGEND

Joan Miró

”Oda a Joan Miró"

Joan Miró

1893-1983

"Miró - Grand Palais"

83x59 cm

Lithograph in colours, 1974, on Arches paper, signed in pencil and numbered.

Printed by Arte Adrien Maeght, Paris, published by Réunion des Musées nationaux, Paris.

 

Literature: Maeght no. 945

Joan Miró

”Le Soleil Ébouillanté"

Joan Miró

1893-1983

Le Soleil Ébouillanté

1968

Etching, aquatint in colors, carborundum.

 

Image: 98,8x59,5,cm.

Edition: 75

 

Printed by Atelier Maeght, Saint-Paul. Published by Maeght Éditeur, Paris

Hand signed and numbered.
Literature: Dupin no. 518

Frank Björklund

Bon Voyage (Be prepaird)"

This painting has a strong ecological message

Oscar Reutersvärd

"Impossible Figure"

Watercolor and india ink on paper

Oscar Reutersvärd

"Impossible Figure"

Colored pencil and india ink on Washi (Japanese paper)

Salvador Dalí

1904-1989

Date: conceived in 1979, first cast in 1984

Height: 38,5 cm

Material: bronze

Technique: lost wax process

Edition size: 350 + 35 EA

Patina: green

Maquette: original gouache, ʺDance of Timeʺ, 1979

Descharnes References: Dalí: The Hard and the Soft, Sculptures & Objects. Eccart, 2004. pg. 248 ref. 639

 

This sculpture is accompanied by an official Certificate of Authenticity.

 

In addition to the above Certificate of Authenticity, each sculpture is accompanied with a Foundry  Certificate issued by Perseo Art Foundry

 

The melting clock is the most recognizable Dalinian image and the artist chose to portray it consistently throughout his lifetime. Dalí became obsessed with the concept of time and used the melted watch image in many of his works.


Dalí brings to this sculpture a dynamism, where the clock appears to be literally “dancing”. Unrestrained by the rigid laws of a watch, time, for Dalí, moves to the rhythm of a perpetual dance, speeding up, slowly down, stretching out, liquefying.


The clocks illustrate an important theme in Dalí’s art;the contrast between the hard and the soft, a central preoccupation of the artist.


Dalí flips reality, taking the familiar image of a watch which is hard, solid and precise and inverts its characteristics. It is now the opposite, becoming soft, inaccurate, time bends to individual meanings. Again in this sculpture, the unexpected softness of the watch contrasts with the hardened sturdy tree trunk upon which the clock rests.


Some say that Dalí represents in his watches Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity of space and time; the dancing watch illustrating the concept of movement through time.

Photo: (C) IAR Art Resources

Oscar Reutersvärd

"Impossible Figure"

Colored pencil and india ink on Washi (Japanese paper)

Salvador Dalí

1904-1989

Date: conceived in 1979, first cast in 1984

Height: 26,5 cm

Material: bronze

Technique: lost wax process

Edition size: 350 + 35 EA

Patina: green

Maquette: original gouache, ʺDance of Timeʺ, 1979

Descharnes References: Dalí: The Hard and the Soft, Sculptures & Objects. Eccart, 2004. pg. 248 ref. 638

 

This sculpture is accompanied by an official Certificate of Authenticity.

 

In addition to the above Certificate of Authenticity, each sculpture is accompanied with a Foundry  Certificate issued by Perseo Art Foundry

 

The melting clock is the most recognizable Dalinian image and the artist chose to portray it consistently throughout his lifetime. Dalí became obsessed with the concept of time and used the melted watch image in many of his works.


Dalí brings to this sculpture a dynamism, where the clock appears to be literally “dancing”. Unrestrained by the rigid laws of a watch, time, for Dalí, moves to the rhythm of a perpetual dance, speeding up, slowly down, stretching out, liquefying.


The clocks illustrate an important theme in Dalí’s art;the contrast between the hard and the soft, a central preoccupation of the artist.


Dalí flips reality, taking the familiar image of a watch which is hard, solid and precise and inverts its characteristics. It is now the opposite, becoming soft, inaccurate, time bends to individual meanings. Again in this sculpture, the unexpected softness of the watch contrasts with the hardened sturdy tree trunk upon which the clock rests.


Some say that Dalí represents in his watches Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity of space and time; the dancing watch illustrating the concept of movement through time.

Photo: (C) IAR Art Resources

Salvador Dalí

"Vénus à la Girafe"

Salvador Dalí

1904-1989

Vénus à la Girafe

Year: 1973

Height: 56 cm

Material: bronze

Technique: lost-wax

Edition Size: 1500

References Descharnes: Dalí: The Hard and the Soft, Sculptures & Objects. Eccart, 2004. ref. 69

 

Foundry marks for Venturi Arte, Bologna, Edition Euro Art, Vienna.

 

Salvador Dalí

"The will o' the wisps are in town"

Salvador Dalí

1904-1989

The will o' the wisps are in town

1966

From the serie: HC Andersen's tales / Contes d'Andersen

Colour lithograph, 64x50 cm, signed and numbered. 

Edition of 75

 

Literature:
- Field 66-6I
- Michel & Löpsinger 1169.

Salvador Dalí

1904-1989

Date: conceived in 1979, first cast in 1984

Height: 38,5 cm

Material: bronze

Technique: lost wax process

Edition size: 350 + 35 EA

Patina: green

Maquette: original gouache, ʺDance of Timeʺ, 1979

Descharnes References: Dalí: The Hard and the Soft, Sculptures & Objects. Eccart, 2004. pg. 248 ref. 639

 

This sculpture is accompanied by an official Certificate of Authenticity.

 

In addition to the above Certificate of Authenticity, each sculpture is accompanied with a Foundry  Certificate issued by Perseo Art Foundry

 

The melting clock is the most recognizable Dalinian image and the artist chose to portray it consistently throughout his lifetime. Dalí became obsessed with the concept of time and used the melted watch image in many of his works.


Dalí brings to this sculpture a dynamism, where the clock appears to be literally “dancing”. Unrestrained by the rigid laws of a watch, time, for Dalí, moves to the rhythm of a perpetual dance, speeding up, slowly down, stretching out, liquefying.


The clocks illustrate an important theme in Dalí’s art;the contrast between the hard and the soft, a central preoccupation of the artist.


Dalí flips reality, taking the familiar image of a watch which is hard, solid and precise and inverts its characteristics. It is now the opposite, becoming soft, inaccurate, time bends to individual meanings. Again in this sculpture, the unexpected softness of the watch contrasts with the hardened sturdy tree trunk upon which the clock rests.


Some say that Dalí represents in his watches Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity of space and time; the dancing watch illustrating the concept of movement through time.

Photo: (C) IAR Art Resources

Agnetha Sjögren

"Marsipan"

Agnetha Sjögren

Marsipan

  • Sizes H/L/W (cm): 33x26x13, 4.5kg
  • Material: Chrome on Bronze, two toned
  • Unique sculptures

Salvador Dalí

1904-1989

Date: conceived in 1979, first cast in 1984

Height: 26,5 cm

Material: bronze

Technique: lost wax process

Edition size: 350 + 35 EA

Patina: green

Maquette: original gouache, ʺDance of Timeʺ, 1979

Descharnes References: Dalí: The Hard and the Soft, Sculptures & Objects. Eccart, 2004. pg. 248 ref. 638

 

This sculpture is accompanied by an official Certificate of Authenticity.

 

In addition to the above Certificate of Authenticity, each sculpture is accompanied with a Foundry  Certificate issued by Perseo Art Foundry

 

The melting clock is the most recognizable Dalinian image and the artist chose to portray it consistently throughout his lifetime. Dalí became obsessed with the concept of time and used the melted watch image in many of his works.


Dalí brings to this sculpture a dynamism, where the clock appears to be literally “dancing”. Unrestrained by the rigid laws of a watch, time, for Dalí, moves to the rhythm of a perpetual dance, speeding up, slowly down, stretching out, liquefying.


The clocks illustrate an important theme in Dalí’s art;the contrast between the hard and the soft, a central preoccupation of the artist.


Dalí flips reality, taking the familiar image of a watch which is hard, solid and precise and inverts its characteristics. It is now the opposite, becoming soft, inaccurate, time bends to individual meanings. Again in this sculpture, the unexpected softness of the watch contrasts with the hardened sturdy tree trunk upon which the clock rests.


Some say that Dalí represents in his watches Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity of space and time; the dancing watch illustrating the concept of movement through time.

Photo: (C) IAR Art Resources

Marc Chagall

”Paysan au bouquet"

Marc Chagall

1887-1985

Le Clown acrobate

Etching, 1967

Signed and numbered, edition 35.

Image: 30,5x24,5 cm.

Reference: Cramer no. 12

Joan Miró

”Le Soleil Ébouillanté"

Joan Miró

1893 - 1983

Siécle, no. 47

1976

30,3x46 cm

edt 75

 

Lithograph in colours, 1976, on Vélin d´Arches paper (their watermark), signed in pencil and numbered.

Printed by Arte Adrien Maeght, Paris, published by XXe siècle, Paris.

 

Literature: Maeght no. 1107

Salvador Dalí

”Quevedo's Visions"

Salvador Dalí

1904 - 1989

"Quevedo's Visions"

1975

Complete portfolio

Complete portfolio with six dry point colored with stencil, 1975, all signed in pencil, printed by Ateliers Rigal, Fontenay-aux-Roses, published by Galerie Börjeson, Malmö.

 

Editon: 300

Plate: 52.4 x 36.5 cm.
Leaf: 65.8 x 50 cm. (Arches).

LITERATURE:
Field 75-5.
Michler/Löpsinger 766a-771a.


Salvador Dalí

from ”Quevedo's Visions"

Salvador Dalí

from ”Quevedo's Visions"

Salvador Dalí

from ”Quevedo's Visions"

Agnetha Sjögren

"Fred"

Agnetha Sjögren

"Spotty"

Agnetha Sjögren

"Hero"

Salvador Dalí

from ”Quevedo's Visions"

Salvador Dalí

from ”Quevedo's Visions"

Salvador Dalí

from ”Quevedo's Visions"

Salvador Dalí

"Space Elephant"

Salvador Dalí

1904-1989

Space Elephant

Year: conceived and first cast in 1980

Height: 94 cm

Material: bronze

Technique: lost-wax

Edition Size: 350+35 EA

References Descharnes: Dalí: The Hard and the Soft, Sculptures & Objects. Eccart, 2004. pg. 244 ref. 631

 

This sculpture is accompanied by an official Certificate of Authenticity.

 

In addition to the above Certificate of Authenticity, each sculpture is accompanied with a Foundry Certificate issued by Perseo Art Foundry

 

The image of an elephant carrying an obelisk is portrayed in one of Dalí’s best-known paintings The Temptation of St Anthony (1946). Dalí’s elephants have exaggeratedly long legs which raise them up towards the sky. These thin, multi-jointed legs juxtapose with the heavy body of the elephant. The obelisk alludes to a tiring burden, yet the artist distorts reality making it weightless, an illusion of it almost floating above the saddle. The combination of these contradictory elements create a sense of disarray and metaphysical imbalance that can only exist in a dream-like world.The legs of the elephant originally had claw-like feet during the sculpture’s creation. Doubtful of this element, Beniamino Levi President of the Dalí Universe, approached Dalí to modify it. After initial resistance and with Gala’s support, the feet changed to horses hooves.

Photo: (C) IAR Art Resources

Salvador Dalí

"Dance of Time I"

Salvador Dalí

1904-1989

Date: conceived in 1979, first cast in 1984

Height: 38,5 cm

Material: bronze

Technique: lost wax process

Edition size: 350 + 35 EA

Patina: green

Maquette: original gouache, ʺDance of Timeʺ, 1979

Descharnes References: Dalí: The Hard and the Soft, Sculptures & Objects. Eccart, 2004. pg. 248 ref. 639

 

This sculpture is accompanied by an official Certificate of Authenticity.

 

In addition to the above Certificate of Authenticity, each sculpture is accompanied with a Foundry  Certificate issued by Perseo Art Foundry

 

The melting clock is the most recognizable Dalinian image and the artist chose to portray it consistently throughout his lifetime. Dalí became obsessed with the concept of time and used the melted watch image in many of his works.


Dalí brings to this sculpture a dynamism, where the clock appears to be literally “dancing”. Unrestrained by the rigid laws of a watch, time, for Dalí, moves to the rhythm of a perpetual dance, speeding up, slowly down, stretching out, liquefying.


The clocks illustrate an important theme in Dalí’s art;the contrast between the hard and the soft, a central preoccupation of the artist.


Dalí flips reality, taking the familiar image of a watch which is hard, solid and precise and inverts its characteristics. It is now the opposite, becoming soft, inaccurate, time bends to individual meanings. Again in this sculpture, the unexpected softness of the watch contrasts with the hardened sturdy tree trunk upon which the clock rests.


Some say that Dalí represents in his watches Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity of space and time; the dancing watch illustrating the concept of movement through time.

Photo: (C) IAR Art Resources

Salvador Dalí

"Dance of Time III"

Salvador Dalí

1904-1989

Date: conceived in 1979, first cast in 1984

Height: 26,5 cm

Material: bronze

Technique: lost wax process

Edition size: 350 + 35 EA

Patina: green

Maquette: original gouache, ʺDance of Timeʺ, 1979

Descharnes References: Dalí: The Hard and the Soft, Sculptures & Objects. Eccart, 2004. pg. 248 ref. 638

 

This sculpture is accompanied by an official Certificate of Authenticity.

 

In addition to the above Certificate of Authenticity, each sculpture is accompanied with a Foundry  Certificate issued by Perseo Art Foundry

 

The melting clock is the most recognizable Dalinian image and the artist chose to portray it consistently throughout his lifetime. Dalí became obsessed with the concept of time and used the melted watch image in many of his works.


Dalí brings to this sculpture a dynamism, where the clock appears to be literally “dancing”. Unrestrained by the rigid laws of a watch, time, for Dalí, moves to the rhythm of a perpetual dance, speeding up, slowly down, stretching out, liquefying.


The clocks illustrate an important theme in Dalí’s art;the contrast between the hard and the soft, a central preoccupation of the artist.


Dalí flips reality, taking the familiar image of a watch which is hard, solid and precise and inverts its characteristics. It is now the opposite, becoming soft, inaccurate, time bends to individual meanings. Again in this sculpture, the unexpected softness of the watch contrasts with the hardened sturdy tree trunk upon which the clock rests.


Some say that Dalí represents in his watches Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity of space and time; the dancing watch illustrating the concept of movement through time.

Photo: (C) IAR Art Resources

Alexander Klingspor

"N.Y.C. LEGEND"

Alexander Klingspor

1977

"New York city Legend"

2022

Bronze, edition 49

Artist bio:

Born in Stockholm, Sweden 1977, Alexander has studied with various painters in Sweden and USA. He has been making a living as a painter from the age of 22 and has exhibited his work in various parts of USA and Europe. Collectors come from USA, UK, Germany, France, Portugal, Spain, Mexico, Sweden, Switzerland, Italy and Norway.

 

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Alexander Klingspor

"Hybrid Speciation No. II - London"

Alexander Klingspor

1977

"Hybrid Speciation No. II - London"

2021/2022

Bronze, edition 12

Hybrid Speciation The hybridization between two or more distinct lineages that contributes to the origin of a new species

- (Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Biology)

Artist bio:

Born in Stockholm, Sweden 1977, Alexander has studied with various painters in Sweden and USA. He has been making a living as a painter from the age of 22 and has exhibited his work in various parts of USA and Europe. Collectors come from USA, UK, Germany, France, Portugal, Spain, Mexico, Sweden, Switzerland, Italy and Norway.

 

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Frank Björklund

"Rain is in the air"

oil on canvas

50x60 cm

Frank Björklund

"Air Ballloons"

oil on canvas

135x90 cm

Frank Björklund

"(Like) Fish out of Water"

oil on canvas

50x50 cm

Frank Björklund

"The Juggler"

oil on canvas

70x60 cm

Frank Björklund

"Make your voice heard"

oil on canvas

40x90 cm

Frank Björklund

"Sideeffects"

oil on canvas

40x90 cm

Frank Björklund

"Intermission"

oil on canvas

40x90 cm

Frank Björklund

"Flying colors"

oil on canvas

60x50 cm

Frank Björklund

"Think outside the box"

oil on canvas

60x50 cm

Frank Björklund

"The Butterfly Effect"

oil on canvas

50x40 cm

Agnetha Sjögren

"Chrome Pink-Red"

Bronze, Uniqe

approx. 26 cm high

Agnetha Sjögren

"Purple splash"

Bronze, Uniqe

approx. 26 cm high

Agnetha Sjögren

"Blue Copper Chrome"

Bronze, Uniqe

approx. 26 cm high

Prints by Frank Björklund

Alexander Klingspor

"Portal"

Alexander Klingspor

1977

"Portal"

2022

Pigment print, 70x52 cm

Edition 10

Artist bio:

Born in Stockholm, Sweden 1977, Alexander has studied with various painters in Sweden and USA. He has been making a living as a painter from the age of 22 and has exhibited his work in various parts of USA and Europe. Collectors come from USA, UK, Germany, France, Portugal, Spain, Mexico, Sweden, Switzerland, Italy and Norway.

 

Read more

 

 

Alexander Klingspor

"Cluster III - Drifters"

Alexander Klingspor

1977

"Cluster III - Drifters"

2022

Pigment print, 70x52 cm

Edition 10

Sleep Visions series were created in London in 2020 and 2021, the years we will all remember as the pandemic years. The empty streets of Fulham, Chelsea and Kensington became an arena for my imagination of nature reconquering the city.

I moved to London in 2019 after spending eleven years on Manhattan. Before I got to know my new hometown, London was in full lock-down and I was sick with Covid19, isolated in my studio throughout March 2020. Whilst I was ill and physically restricted, I dreamed not only about London, but also about places that lie close to my heart. Especially Stockholm and New York, two cities which have shaped me in many ways. The jungles and seas of South and Central America appeared in my mind as well; Peru, Mexico and Costa Rica are countries I have returned to in my travels over the past ten years to gather inspiration. I have always been attracted to diversity, whether it is cultural diversity or biodiversity. Monocultures are never interesting. Large cities often have a richly diversified cultural and intellectual offer. Jungles and the sea are environments filled with beauty, intrigue and complexity. The flora and fauna of these ecosystems offer a different kind of diversity and drama that never bores me. I thrive best when I spend my time divided between big cities and the tropics where life and death, happiness and suffering alternate at a high pace.

Our need for control over the earth’s resources and its devastating consequences is something that is being discussed more and more these days. In our collective consciousness, we have begun to understand the breadth of the complex challenges that lie ahead and how we must act. Some of these new paintings are interpretations of what has already happened; Ecosystems that are disturbed, our dependence on fossil fuels, etc. My wish is that these motifs become descriptions of a past world, tales we tell our children and grandchildren about a time we have left behind and replaced with a better reality where the earth’s diversity and beauty may still remain.

Alexander Klingspor

"Reflections"

Alexander Klingspor

1977

"Reflections II

2022

Pigment print

54x49 cm

Edition 10

Sleep Visions series were created in London in 2020 and 2021, the years we will all remember as the pandemic years. The empty streets of Fulham, Chelsea and Kensington became an arena for my imagination of nature reconquering the city.

I moved to London in 2019 after spending eleven years on Manhattan. Before I got to know my new hometown, London was in full lock-down and I was sick with Covid19, isolated in my studio throughout March 2020. Whilst I was ill and physically restricted, I dreamed not only about London, but also about places that lie close to my heart. Especially Stockholm and New York, two cities which have shaped me in many ways. The jungles and seas of South and Central America appeared in my mind as well; Peru, Mexico and Costa Rica are countries I have returned to in my travels over the past ten years to gather inspiration. I have always been attracted to diversity, whether it is cultural diversity or biodiversity. Monocultures are never interesting. Large cities often have a richly diversified cultural and intellectual offer. Jungles and the sea are environments filled with beauty, intrigue and complexity. The flora and fauna of these ecosystems offer a different kind of diversity and drama that never bores me. I thrive best when I spend my time divided between big cities and the tropics where life and death, happiness and suffering alternate at a high pace.

Our need for control over the earth’s resources and its devastating consequences is something that is being discussed more and more these days. In our collective consciousness, we have begun to understand the breadth of the complex challenges that lie ahead and how we must act. Some of these new paintings are interpretations of what has already happened; Ecosystems that are disturbed, our dependence on fossil fuels, etc. My wish is that these motifs become descriptions of a past world, tales we tell our children and grandchildren about a time we have left behind and replaced with a better reality where the earth’s diversity and beauty may still remain.

Ralf Arzt

"Underwater III - plastic free oceans"

Ralf Arzt

1963

"Underwater III - plastic free oceans"

Oil on canvas

2022

93x120 cm

Alexander Klingspor

"Reconstructors II"

Alexander Klingspor

1977

"Reconstructors II"

Oil on canvas

85x200 cm

2021

Alexander Klingspor

"New York City Legend"

Ralf Arzt

"Nude XLV"

Ralf Arzt

1963

Nude XLV"

2021

Oil on canvas, 88x120 cm.

Artist bio:

I was born in Stockholm, Sweden. I studied in France in 1996-1997 under Beaux Arts teacher Christian Geai. Since 1988 I have regularly shown at exhibitions and worked with galleries in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany and Monaco.

 

In 2001, I began an international collaboration with Opera Gallery, which has galleries in Paris, New York, Miami, London, Geneva, Singapore, Hong Kong and Dubai. I have exhibited at several of the joint exhibitions at Opera Gallery’s various galleries. I have since 2012 been represented in London by Albemarle Gallery and have regularly exhibited at the gallery´s exhibitions.

 

I have been represented in Sweden by Mollbrink’s Art Gallery since 2010, and the gallery has held 7 solo exhibitions of works by me, both in the gallery’s own premises in Uppsala and Kungshamn, and also on repeated occasions at the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm.

 

Mollbrinks Art Gallery also represents me at international art fairs and leading art fairs in Sweden, including the antiques fair in Älvsjö, and the leading Nordic art and antiques fair, Grand Antiques, in Stockholm. 

 

Ralf Arzt

"Drapped in Red"

Ralf Arzt

1963

"Drapped in Red"

2020

Oil on canvas, 125x66 cm.

Artist bio:

I was born in Stockholm, Sweden. I studied in France in 1996-1997 under Beaux Arts teacher Christian Geai. Since 1988 I have regularly shown at exhibitions and worked with galleries in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany and Monaco.

 

In 2001, I began an international collaboration with Opera Gallery, which has galleries in Paris, New York, Miami, London, Geneva, Singapore, Hong Kong and Dubai. I have exhibited at several of the joint exhibitions at Opera Gallery’s various galleries. I have since 2012 been represented in London by Albemarle Gallery and have regularly exhibited at the gallery´s exhibitions.

 

I have been represented in Sweden by Mollbrink’s Art Gallery since 2010, and the gallery has held 7 solo exhibitions of works by me, both in the gallery’s own premises in Uppsala and Kungshamn, and also on repeated occasions at the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm.

 

Mollbrinks Art Gallery also represents me at international art fairs and leading art fairs in Sweden, including the antiques fair in Älvsjö, and the leading Nordic art and antiques fair, Grand Antiques, in Stockholm. 

 

Ralf Arzt

"Face XII"

Ralf Arzt

1963

"Seascape XII"

2020/2021

Oil on canvas, 240x91 cm.

Artist bio:

I was born in Stockholm, Sweden. I studied in France in 1996-1997 under Beaux Arts teacher Christian Geai. Since 1988 I have regularly shown at exhibitions and worked with galleries in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany and Monaco.

 

In 2001, I began an international collaboration with Opera Gallery, which has galleries in Paris, New York, Miami, London, Geneva, Singapore, Hong Kong and Dubai. I have exhibited at several of the joint exhibitions at Opera Gallery’s various galleries. I have since 2012 been represented in London by Albemarle Gallery and have regularly exhibited at the gallery´s exhibitions.

 

I have been represented in Sweden by Mollbrink’s Art Gallery since 2010, and the gallery has held 7 solo exhibitions of works by me, both in the gallery’s own premises in Uppsala and Kungshamn, and also on repeated occasions at the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm.

 

Mollbrinks Art Gallery also represents me at international art fairs and leading art fairs in Sweden, including the antiques fair in Älvsjö, and the leading Nordic art and antiques fair, Grand Antiques, in Stockholm. 

 

Anders Zorn

"the Cousins"

Anders Zorn

1860-1920

"the Cousins"

Date: 1883, London

44,3x27,8 cm

Technique: etching

Edition size: 40

Signed by the artist

References: Asplund no. 7, Hjert & Hjert no. 7

This etching was executed by Anders Zorn in 1883 in his studio in London. The etching is made after his painting with same title that he painted the year before in Spain.

One of the two girls in this motif is the daughter of an art professor, Ramon Rodriguez, who lent Zorn a room in his apartment for him to stay and use as a studio. This period in Zorn’s life was important for his development and many of his most important early paintings were executed during his visit in Spain.

Zorn went back home, and home during the early 1880s was London and not Mora/Stockholm, Sweden. He had a very poor economy during this time and struggled to make ends meet. His close friend, Swedish artist Axel Herman Hägg, recommended him to sell his masterpiece “the Cousins” to make some money. But Zorn didn’t want to get rid of the painting. Hägg who was a master in the etching technique told Zorn to make an etching of this motif to be able to keep the etching and sell the painting. Zorn who had never made an etching told Hägg that he couldn’t do this. Hägg then convinced Zorn to study the technique and offered himself to help Zorn to learn the etching technique.

“the Cousins” was Zorn’s seventh attempted in the etching technique and the result was perfect. Zorn made in total 289 different etching motifs and he become one of the worlds most famous etcher.

“the Cousins” is the crown jewel in a Zorn etching collection. The print was made in 3 states and this copy is state no. 3, printed in 40 copies.

Anders Zorn

"Cigarettrökerska II"

Anders Zorn

1860-1920

"Cigarettrökerska II"

Date: 1891, Paris

15,9x12 cm

Technique: etching

Edition size: 5-15

Signed by the artist

References: Asplund no. 62

Zorn executed this etching, after his painting with same title, in 1891 in his studio in Paris.

This extremely rare etching is from the second state ( of two) printed in only 25 copies on a large paper with watermark consisting of a lily on a shield under a crown.

Signed "Zorn" on plate, lower left corner also signed by hand by the artist lower right corner, under image.

It’s not determined who the model for this motif was. However, there are unconfirmed data that it is Zorn’s dear friend Mary Smith who he met in London during his stay there in the 1880s. His portrait “Mary in my studio” (watercolor) from 1882-83 was executed in Zorn’s studio at Brook Street (no. 42) is a famous painting from his London period. The faces in the two portraits are strikingly similar.

Anders Zorn

"Axel Herman Hägg III"

Anders Zorn

1860-1920

"Axel Herman Hägg III"

Date: 1884, London

39x26,1 cm

Technique: etching

Edition size: 2-5

Stat/État 1 of 2

Signed by the artist

References: Asplund no. 15

Hägg was Zorn's teacher of etching techniques. Both artists were active in London in 1883.

 

This etching in first state (état 1) is a RARITY only printed in 2-5 copies. 

Frank Björklund

"Last years model"

Frank Björklund

1960

"Last years model"

2022

Pigment print, edt 50. 

90x70 cm

Signed and numbered by the artist.

Frank on titles:

A good title should be like a ticket to a good journey.

 

The specific words in the title should give you clues and direction to where the painting is heading. Yes, of course, we have different backgrounds and therefore different references and experiences to words. But that only means the journey is different for all of us. The more you can read in to painting the longer ride you will get. Sometimes it never stops. Even though the image is the same…

 

The painting should have a literary quality. There should be a story, a thought that draws you in. Like the renaissance painters I like to use allegories or more modern icons to give hints and to lead you in. Into the inner landscape of the image.

 

And with a little luck, into yourself.”

About the artist's creations:

Frank paints in an idea world, where all the big questions exists. Politics, environment, sex, philosophy and so on.

Where and who we are and where are we going.

 

The painting goes where the idea takes it. Whichever it’s a still life, a landscape or portraying man, the idea rules.

 

He uses renaissance allegory’s, everyday objects and modern icons to give you clues where the painting is heading. Because it’s all a journey.

 

He paints in the surreal tradition with a modern twist.

As Frank says: You’ve got to honor your heroes.

That’s why he has a mind like Magritte and follows the painting technique of Dalí

Frank Björklund

"Gallows Humour"

Frank Björklund

1960

"Gallows Humor"

2022

Pigment print, edt 50. 

90x70 cm

Signed and numbered by the artist.

Frank on titles:

A good title should be like a ticket to a good journey.

 

The specific words in the title should give you clues and direction to where the painting is heading. Yes, of course, we have different backgrounds and therefore different references and experiences to words. But that only means the journey is different for all of us. The more you can read in to painting the longer ride you will get. Sometimes it never stops. Even though the image is the same…

 

The painting should have a literary quality. There should be a story, a thought that draws you in. Like the renaissance painters I like to use allegories or more modern icons to give hints and to lead you in. Into the inner landscape of the image.

 

And with a little luck, into yourself.”

About the artist's creations:

Frank paints in an idea world, where all the big questions exists. Politics, environment, sex, philosophy and so on.

Where and who we are and where are we going.

 

The painting goes where the idea takes it. Whichever it’s a still life, a landscape or portraying man, the idea rules.

 

He uses renaissance allegory’s, everyday objects and modern icons to give you clues where the painting is heading. Because it’s all a journey.

 

He paints in the surreal tradition with a modern twist.

As Frank says: You’ve got to honor your heroes.

That’s why he has a mind like Magritte and follows the painting technique of Dalí