Tor BJURSTRÖM
1888–1966, Sweden

Also known as: TB, TSB

Signature proven counterfeit

Details

Police Authority Stockholm City

Verdict of guilty K73309-08

English Swedish

Oil on board, still life with flowers and barrels, 59.5 x72 cm, signed "Bjurström". Ostensibly depicting a genuine oil painting by Swedish artist Tor Bjurström, (1888-1966). A private person submitted a number of paintings for sale at an auction house in Stockholm, February 2008. Two of the paintings were found to be counterfeit therefore police were called to the auction house. The paintings were seized for further expert investigation. Court: The painting has not been performed by the artist Tor Bjurström nor signed by him. It is a forgery. The man who submitted the paintings were living in southern Sweden.

1948

Signature considered genuine

Name Tor, Sigurd BJURSTRÖM

Birth 1888, Sweden

Died 1966, Sweden

English Swedish

Tor Bjurström studied at the Artists\' League school in Stockholm, with Zahrtmann in Copenhagen. He participated in the Artists\' Association exhibition at Hallin art trade in Stockholm \\ \'The Young\'. He has done glass paintings in the Swedish church in Paris, frescoes in the Gothenburg City Theatre, and he painted landscapes of Bohuslän. He was a teacher at Valand School of Art in Gothenburg during the 20\'s.
Represented: National Museum in Stockholm, Moderna Museet in Stockholm, Gothenburg Museum of Art, Malmö Museum, Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen.

Tor Bjurström studerade vid Konstnärsförbundets skola i Stockholm, där bland andra Richard Bergh och Karl Nordström var verksamma som lärare, hos Zahrtmann i Köpenhamn och som elev till Henri Matisse i Paris. Bjurström var verksam som lärare på Valands konstskola i Göteborg och spred där Matisses expressionistiska färglära. Hans elever kom i efterhand att kallas Göteborgskoloristerna och anses av kritiker utgöra en helt ny inriktning inom svenskt 1900-talsmåleri. Till dessa brukar räknas Ivan Ivarson, Ragnar Sandberg, Inge Schiöler och Åke Göransson. Bjurström återgav gärna vegetation och landskap i starka färger.

Representerad:
Nationalmuseum i Stockholm, Moderna Museet i Stockholm Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Malmö Museum, Statens Museum för Kunst i Köpenhamn.

Source: http://www.bukowskismarket.com