Gideon BÖRJE
1891–1965, Sweden
Signature proven counterfeit
Oil on board, marine landscapes with boats, approx. 30x40 cm, apparently depicting a genuine work of Gideon Borje. 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”. The painting has been investigated and declared to be a forgery.
Signature proven counterfeit
Oil on canvas, landscape scene, approx. 50x50 cm, apparently depicting a genuine work of Gideon Borje. 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”. The painting has been investigated and declared to be a forgery.
Signature proven counterfeit
Oil on canvas, landscape scene with mountains, 62x77 cm, apparently depicting a genuine work of Gideon Börje. The painting is provided with a disingenuous certificate of authenticity pasted on the reverse. 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”. The painting has been investigated and declared to be a forgery.
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Gideon Börje Biografi:
Gideon Börje inledde sin karriär 1917 då han började utföra landskap med motiv från Stockholms utkanter samt figurtavlor och stilleben. Endast genom stora umbäranden, kunde B. bereda sig tillfälle att måla. Han var också ren autodidakt, och då han redan 1918 framträdde offentligt, blev det allmänna omdömet, att han var en naivist i detta ords sämre bemärkelse. Hans teknik var synnerligen trevande och osäker, och någon personlig stil kunde man ej tala om. Men sedan han blivit satt i tillfälle att resa till Italien, vidtog här ett intensivt arbete och studerande. Det naiva i sin konst bibehöll han, men det blev i en ny form, skapad särskilt efter det äldre italienska måleriets fasta uppbyggnad samt parad med det mest vakna naturstudium. Hans figurer påminna ej sällan om Giotto's säkert modellerade gestalter, och detta gäller i viss mån även om koloriten, men denna arkaism verkar likväl ej eftergjord utan upplevad. B. väljer gärna sina motiv från italienska städer, där de i geometriskt skarpa vinklar byggda husen klänga över varandra uppför bergssluttningarna, medan i tavlans förgrund vanligen ett torg breder ut sin ödsliga tomhet. Lika ofta är motivet hämtat från någon liten hamnstad eller ett fiskläge, där fonden bildas av ett klarblått hav i stilla ro, medan mellanplan och förgrund utgöras av en sandstrand med spridda stugor, mellan vilka män och kvinnor med korgar på huvudet äro skickligt insatta. Hållningen i dessa senare dukar kan kallas rent klassisk med deras lugna linjer och ett episkt föredrag med homerisk stämning. Koloriten är sparsam som i äldre, sienesiska fresker, med vitt och en rikedom av valörer i grått, ofta skimrande som pärlemor. Även om teckningen någon gång verkar petig och lätt förlorar sig i detaljer, rymmer dock kompositionen verkligt stor linjeföring av betagande verkan. Frihet från olater samt klarhet och innerlighet i uppfattningen göra B: s arbeten till en av de mest sympatiska yttringarna inom den modernaste svenska konsten. — B. har anslutit sig till gruppen Falangen och har deltagit i dess utställningar. Vidare har han framträtt med tio representativa tavlor i Göteborg 1923 samt exponerat separat i svensk-franska konstgalleriet 1923 och tillsammans med en del andra modernister i Malmö 1925. Han är representerad med Porträtt av en ung dam i nationalmuseum, med Italienskt landskap i nationalgalleriet i Oslo samt med en tavla med samma namn i Göteborgs museum.
Source: http://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=16284
Kvinna Med Halsband
Flicka Med Rosett (1917)
Italiensk Småstad (Executed ca. 1917)
"självporträtt" (1916)
"rosina, Italien, 1923" (1923)
Självporträtt (1931)
Skånegatan (-32)
Sydländskt Landskap
Herrgården (1918)
Torgscen - Piazzan Auticoli
Landskap - Småland
Solrosor I Krus
Syende Kvinna
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