Lage LINDELL
1920–1980, Sweden

Also known as: LL

Signature proven counterfeit

Details

Police Authority Stockholm City

Verdict of guilty 0201-K286830-05 (Besl. nr. 0221-05-8040)

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Oil on canvas 60x74,5 cm, figure composition. The painting was submitted to a major auction house in Stockholm for sale, Estimated SEK 50000-70000. Lage Lindell's widow, Kerstin Lindell, and his son Johan Lindell discovered the painting in the auction house,s catalog. They condemned it as a forgery, in which police were called who took the painting seized for further investigation. In questioning Kerstin Lindell says that the painting might be painted by Lage, in that case before 1945, however, the signature is definitely not made of Lage. Submitter states that he bought the painting along with another person in a gallery in Stockholm held by a brother of Lage Lindell. According to Kerstin Lindell had Lage Lindell no brother who had a gallery. Lage Lindell,s son, John Lindell, who is familiar with Lage,s earlier painting of the same opinion as the mother, the painting may have been made by Lage, but it is not he who signed it. The painting has, subsequently, signed by someone other than Lage Lindell and therefore become a forgery.

Signature considered genuine

Name Lage, Johannes LINDELL

Birth 1920, Sweden

Died 1980, Sweden

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Lage Lindell studied at "Konstademien" in Sweden with Isaac Grünewald and Sven Erixson, as a teacher. He debuted at the Art Salon "Quiet Street" in Sweden. He travels to Spain and North Africa. He painted in realistic style of abstract figurative compositions, sometimes in black and white calligraphic forms. In 1968 he filled the Royal Academy of Art in Sweden with colorful acrylic paintings. He makes an exhibition on "Waldemarsudde" 1977. He was elected to the Royal Academy of Art 1960.

Lage Lindell studerade på Konstademien med Isaac Grünewald och Sven Erixson, som lärare. Han debuterade på Konstsalongen Tysta gatan, med lekfulla bilder. Han företar resor till Spanien och Nordafrika.
Han målade i realistisk stil med abstraherade figurationer, ibland i svartvita kalligrafiska laddade former. 1968 fyllde han hela Konstakademien med färgglada akrylmålningar. Han ställde även ut på Waldemarsudde 1977. Han blev invald i Konstakademien 1960.

Offentlig utsmyckning:
Väggmålningar i Hovrätten, Sundsvall, Universitetet i Umeå. Astra i Södertälje, Stockholms Stadshus, Färg och Forms minnesutställning, 1947 års män.
Han vistas i Rom på stipendiium 1966-1967 och deltar i biennalen i Sao Paolo och reser till Brasilien.
1973 deltar han i en samlingsutställning i Dakar i Senegal och insjuknar i en blodsjukdom som 7 år senare tog hans liv.

Representerad:
Nationalmuseum i Stockholm, Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Malmö Museum, Muséerna i Eskilstuna och Skövde, samt Skissernas museum i Lund.

Source: Internet