Hjalmar ‘Hjmlm’ MUNSTERHJELM
1840–1905, Finland
Also known as: HJM, HJMLM
Signature proven counterfeit
Oil on canvas, 81x117 cm, signed Hj Munsterhjelm. The painting was for sale at a major auction house in Helsinki, Finland, spring 1997. It was cataloged as a work of Hjalmar Munsterhjelm, estimated 30,000 EUR. After consultation with Ateneum, National Public Art in Helsinki, was the painting withdrawn from auction and returned to the owner without action. December 2008, the painting is submitted to a major auction house in central Sweden and cataloged as a work of Hjalmar Munsterhjelm, title "Sailing in the evening redness". Estimated price 150,000 to 175,000 SEK, but the painting was withdrawn before the auction and returned to the owner without action. 2010, the painting is submitted for sale. This time to a smaller auction house in Stockholm Sweden. The painting is cataloged as unknown artists in their online auction, estimated 10,000 SEK. The painting was sold but the buyer made a complaint two weeks later and got back the purchase price. At the police investigation revealed that the painting is a copy of Hjalmar Munsterhjems original painting "Sunset in the archipelago" from 1886. District Court's decision: The forged signature on the painting must be removed and the back must bear the inscription: "Not painted by HJ Munsterhjelm" then will the painting be returned to the owner. Warning. There is a risk that the painting once again imposed a forged signature and is for sale as genuine works. Especially in a foreign market.
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Hjalmar Munsterhjelm studied at the Art Academy in Dusseldorf between 1860 and 1865, first as a student of Hans Frederick Gude and then under Oswald Achenbach. From 1865 to 1870 he worked for Gude in Karlsruhe. During this period he was influenced by Gude realism and romanticism of the Nordic Council and of the older generation of artists in Dusseldorf. His father owned a farm in central Finland, whose geographical position was a source of inspiration for many of his landscape paintings.
Source: Art Signature Dictionary
Hjalmar Munsterhjelm studerade på Konstakademien i Düsseldorf mellan 1860 och 1865, först som elev till Hans Fredrik Gude och sedan under Oswald Achenbach. Från 1865 till 1870 arbetade han under Gude i Karlsruhe. Under denna period var han påverkad av Gudes realism samt av den Nordiska romantiken och av den äldre generationen konstnärer i Düsseldorf. Hans far ägde en gård i mellersta finland vars geografiska läge var en inspirationskälla för många av hans landskapsmålningar.
Source: Art Signature Dictionary
Summer Landscape With Cows
Skogstrakt I Hauho, Tavastland
The Archipelago
View From The Alps (-68)
Checking The Nets
Riverbank At Sunset (1872)
Kalastajia Rannalla
Iltatunnelmaa, Kalastajia (-69)
Lepohetki
Lake View
Autumn Landscape (1871)
Inre Skärgård
Båt På Stranden
Roddtur I Aftonljus
Våren Anländer (1872)
Strömmande Vatten
Vinterdag I Karlsruhe (1870)
Kustseglats
Solig Sommarförmiddag Motiv Från Tavastland
