Eric HALLSTRÖM
1893–1946, Sweden

Also known as: EH, EHM

Signature proven counterfeit

Details

Police Authority Stockholm

Verdict of guilty DB 130, B 1135-74. (int.nr.PHM3745:35)

English Swedish

Oil on panel, titled "Nordingrå", signed "Eric Hallstrom", 40x32 cm. Ostensibly depicting a genuine painting by the artist Eric Hallström. The painting is part of a major fraud seizures of counterfeit art in Sweden known as ”The Society of Art Friends”: Three men, aged 30, 37, and 40 years old, were caught in Stockholm, Sweden after a reconnaissance tip from police in Ängelholm, Sweden. Shortly afterwards, another two men were caught. In total, 48 house searches were made through out the nation from which 83 forged paintings were confiscated. Forged art had already been sold for millions of Swedish crowns. Victims of the gang were well known businessmen with considerable incomes. League had good help from educated art experts who have written certificate of authenticity to many of the fake paintings, often at very small remuneration. On a door to a flat in Stockholm the men had displayed a sign with the text “The Society of Art Friends”.

Signature proven counterfeit

Details

Police Authority Jönköping

Verdict of guilty PHM Nr. 82

English Swedish

chalk on paper, signed "Eric Hallstrom." A spot in the lower left corner indicates that something happened to the artwork. Eric Hallström belonged to the early 1900s generation. He teckade everyday motifs and motif similar to his. The painting is made by any amateur who looked like Hallström who signed with stiff and without movement and spontaneity. It gives the impression of a crash course in painting. See especially the pod to the right. Even the signature is too rigid to be Hallström's. The District Court's assessment: The painting gives the wrong impression of completed and signed by Hallström. It is a forgery.

1916-1917

Signature considered genuine

1917

Signature considered genuine

1917

Signature considered genuine

1918

Signature considered genuine

Ca. 1920

Signature considered genuine

1926

Signature considered genuine

1927

Signature considered genuine

1931

Signature considered genuine

1932

Signature considered genuine

1933

Signature considered genuine

Name Eric, Cornelius HALLSTRÖM

Birth 1893, 22/11, Sweden

Died 1946, 17/6, Sweden

English Swedish

Eric Hallstrom biography:

Eric Hallstrom studied at the Technical School and the Carl Wilhelm\'s painting school. He is considered one of Sweden\'s first naive enthusiasts. He has painted landscapes, northern älvmotiv, from Stockholm and Sundbyberg streets, figurative designs and interiors.
Represented: Modern Museum in Stockholm, the National Museum in Stockholm, Gothenburg Museum of Art, Malmö Museum, museums in Västerås, Linköping, Eskilstuna, Norrköping, and the Hamburg Kunsthalle in Germany.

Source: Art Signature Dictionary

Eric Hallstrom biografi:

Eric Hallström studerade vid Tekniska skolan och vid Carl Wilhelmsons målarskola. Studerade därefter på egen hand och han räknas som en av våra första naivister och tillhörde den tredje Smedsuddskolonin.
Han har målat landskap, norrländska älvmotiv, men mestadels från Stockholms gator och från Sundbyberg, figurmotiv och interiörer. Många av hans bästa verk tillkom på 1910-talet då motiven hämtades från Rörstrands porslinfabrik, Hagaparken och Karlbergs slott. Kring år 1917 hör till den allra främsta perioden i Hallströms oevure då, de välkända verken, På ön 1917, Rysk millionär och Karlbergs ridbana tillkom. Han var från början naivist och utvecklades till en expressionistisk naturalist.
Representerad: Moderna Muséet i Stockholm, Nationalmuseum i Stockholm, Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Malmö Museum, Muséerna i Västerås, Linköping, Eskilstuna och Norrköping, samt Hamburgs Kunsthalle i Tyskland.

Source: Art Signature Dictionary