Arvid Fredrik NYHOLM
1866–1927, Sweden/USA

oil painting on board, motifs with women in a park, signed "Nyholm", size 30x25 cm. The painting was seized by police in a small auction house in Stockholm in autumn 2013 where it was for sale, estimated price ca. 450 euros (4000 USD). The painting has a signature that is not identical to Arvid Frederick Nyholm. On the back is a newly written biography with proviniens. The aim is to mislead potential buyers that this is a genuine work of Nyholm. Attempted fraud. During police interrogation stated the seller that he bought the painting for about three years earlier for a cheap price.