Hans Fredrik GUDE
1825–1903, Norway/Germany
Also known as: HFG
Oil on canvas, landscape with cows, signed "HF Gude", dated -92. The police Stockholm City was called by one Scndinaviskt auction for internet commerce. They had two paintings submitted for sale, signed Hans Gude and Fritz Winter.
Oil on canvas, Norwegian landscape with running water, signed "HF Gude" dated 94, approx. 75x90 cm. The painting was submitted to a major auction house in Stockholm for sale. The auction house contacted Hans Gude's son to examine the painting. It was found to be a forgery, police were called who took the painting seized. The owner had bought the painting at an auction in Värmland. Cataloged as the unidentified artist. The auction house had thus transferred to the buyer to investigate its authenticity. After an expert assessment and judgment declared that the painting is not genuine. It is a forgery.
Oil painting on panel with motifs depicting Norwegian landscape with mountains in the background, signed "H. Gude -81" size 52x65 cm. The painting was purchased by an individual from an online auction house in Stockholm in spring 2013. After having inspected the painting returned the buyer the painting when it was probably not genuine. Police contacted several experts who examined the painting in which it was established that it was a forgery. The owner (GB) who submitted the painting to the auction house said in a police interrogation that he received the painting in 1990 by a person (SE) as partial payment for a debt. (SE) had a criminal background and now deceased.