Helene SCHJERFBECK
1862–1946, Finland/Sweden
Also known as: HS

Charcoal drawing, motif with female portrait, signed "HS" in pencil, size 18x14 cm. The painting was seized by police in a small auction house in Stockholm March 11, 2013 after it had been noticed by a private person who said that it probably was not a genuine work of Helen Schjerfbeck. The painting attracted interest from the Finnish police who were investigating a major fraud case, including Helen Schjerfbeck. The painting has undergone careful studies and issues of several experts. It turned out that the painting was not genuine, hence the court decided that the painting should be forfeited. The owner told the police that he bought the painting in December 2012 in England, he showed the purchase receipt and thought he made a bargain when he bought the painting.

mixed media, motif with female portrait, signed "HS", size 39x30 cm. The painting was seized by police at an online auction house of March 11, 2013. The painting has been carefully examine Ninar by many experts. It turned out that the painting was not genuine, hence the court decided that the painting will be forfeited.

Watercolour. Subjects with smiling girl, monogram signed "HS", 22x17 cm. Ostensibly picturing a genuine painting by artist Schjerfbeck. The painting was seized at a person in Finland. The man had tried to sell a number of counterfeit paintings by famous artists. In the man's home and car, police found a number of fakes. This painting was for sale for a price of 13,500 euros. After the expert investigation and judgment declared that the painting not genuine. It's a forgery.

In 2001, an art dealer in Vaasa was sold paintings of famous Finnish artists, which proved to be forgeries. The suspect, convicted of fraud, aggravated fraud and forgery, said that he had bought the paintings at the Vermo trotting track from a man whose identity remined unknown.

Oil on canvas. Motivf from Snappertuna Church, monogram signed "HS", 25x47 cm. Ostensibly representing a genuine painting by artist Schjerfbeck. An art dealer in Finland counterfeit paintings by famous artists by sending good pictures to Asia where they were copied and provided with forged signatures. Some of the works signed the man with his own name, which then became a crime against copyright law. This painting was for sale for a price of 14,300 euros. After the expert investigation and judgment declared that the painting is not authentic. It's a forgery.

Watercolour. Subjects with women, monogram signed "HS", 19x23 cm. Ostensibly picturing a genuine painting by artist Schjerfbeck. A konsthandlae in Finland bought seven paintings by famous artists. He suspected that they were not genuine. Upon examination at Atheneum in Helsinki was found that they were fakes. The suspected man said he had bought the paintings by an unknown man on the racetrack in Vermont. Upon examination of the man's home and car, police found more counterfeit paintings. After the expert investigation and judgment was explained that this painting is not genuine. It's a forgery.

Drawing. female portrait, monogram signed "HS", 49x28 cm. Ostensibly picturing a genuine painting by artist Schjerfbeck. A konsthandlae in Finland bought seven paintings by famous artists. He suspected that they were not genuine. Upon examination at Atheneum in Helsinki was found that they were fakes. The suspected man said he had bought the paintings by an unknown man on the racetrack in Vermont. Upon examination of the man's home and car, police found more counterfeit paintings. After the expert investigation and judgment was explained that this painting is not genuine. It's a forgery.




























Helene Schjerfbeck, född 10 juli 1862 i Helsingfors, död 28 januari 1946 i Saltsjöbaden, var en finlandssvensk konstnär.
Schjerfbeck började måla i 1800-talets naturalistiska och historiserande stil men utvecklade genom åren ett alltmer reducerat och sparsmakat modernistiskt måleri. Hon är mest omtalad för sina uttrycksfulla och avskalade självporträtt - de flesta och mest kända målade under åren 1939-1945 då hon var kring åttio år gammal. Andra kända Schjerfbeckmålningar är Konvalescenten och Grönt stilleben som 1991 trycktes på finska frimärken....
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Vy över Florens (Executed ca. 1894)
Price SEK 160,000 (€16,328)
Estimated SEK 200,000–250,000

Konfirmanden (Executed in 1891)
Price SEK 6,031,110 (€615,475)
Incl. buyer's premiumEstimated SEK 5,000,000–7,000,000

Self-portrait (Executed in 1944)
Price SEK 350,000 (€35,718)
Estimated SEK 150,000–200,000

Madonna, D’après Greco (Executed in 1945)
Price SEK 680,000 (€69,394)
Estimated SEK 400,000–600,000

Blå Madonna (Executed in 1943)
Price SEK 6,703,394 (€713,911)
Incl. buyer's premiumEstimated SEK 3,500,000–4,000,000

Promenad I Regn
Price SEK 26,000 (€2,798)
Estimated SEK 12,000–15,000

Narcisser (Executed ca. 1900)
Price SEK 580,000 (€62,425)
Estimated SEK 500,000–600,000

Konvalescenten (Executed in 1938-39)
Price SEK 36,000 (€4,136)
Estimated SEK 30,000–40,000

Måns Schjerfbeck (Executed in 1933)
Price EUR 0
Not sold, incl. buyer's premiumEstimated EUR 120,000–150,000

Måns (Executed in 1924)
Price EUR 145,312
Incl. buyer's premiumEstimated EUR 120,000–150,000

Framför Spegeln (Executed in 1937)
Price SEK 6,000,000 (€677,040)
Estimated SEK 6,000,000–8,000,000

Blåsippor Och Tussilago
Price SEK 105,000 (€11,802)
Estimated SEK 100,000–125,000

Konfirmanden (andakt) (Executed 1938/39)
Price SEK 79,050 (€8,885)
Estimated SEK 30,000–40,000

Ung Flicka I Blå Klänning. Gösta Stenmans Dotter Ulla Stenman
Price SEK 400,000 (€44,868)
Estimated SEK 500,000–700,000

Smiling Girl (1921)
Price EUR 300,000
Estimated EUR 120,000–150,000

Arbetarflicka (1878)
Price SEK 550,000 (€60,770)
Estimated SEK 300,000–400,000

Rosa Luktärtor
Price SEK 350,000 (€37,800)
Estimated SEK 400,000–600,000

Girl With Braids
Price EUR 56,000
Estimated EUR 60,000–80,000

Girl With A Swan Neck
Price EUR 265,000
Estimated EUR 250,000–300,000

Ung Kvinna
Price SEK 250,000 (€27,423)
Estimated SEK 300,000–400,000

Andakt
Price SEK 34,000 (€3,680)
Estimated SEK 25,000–30,000

Konvalescenten (1938-39)
Price SEK 40,000 (€4,156)
Estimated SEK 40,000–50,000

Espanjalainen Nainen (1928)
Price EUR 300,000
Estimated EUR 150,000–200,000

Bearded Man (1893)
Price EUR 0
Not soldEstimated EUR 25,000

Winter Road (1880)
Price EUR 0
Not soldEstimated EUR 35,000

Kostymbild (bagarens Dotter)
Price EUR 4,600
Estimated EUR 2,500–3,500

Landskapstudie (1892)
Price SEK 110,000 (€10,516)
Estimated SEK 120,000–150,000

Mormor Ur Verket "påskmorgon (1941)
Price EUR 54,000
Estimated EUR 50,000–70,000

Landskapsstudie (1892)
Price EUR 17,000
Estimated EUR 17,000–20,000

Kostymbild (1938)
Price SEK 25,000 (€2,273)
Estimated SEK 20,000–25,000

I Caféfönstret (1940)
Price SEK 760,000 (€69,090)
Estimated SEK 800,000–1,000,000
