Vera NILSSON
1888–1979, Sweden
Also known as: VN

Signature proven counterfeit
Oil on panel, motif with woman and boy, signed "V.N.". Submitted to a major auction house in Stockholm for sale. Vera Nilsson's daughter saw the painting and pointed out that it was a forgery. Police were called who took the painting to seizure. The painting has previously been on display at another major auction house in Stockholm and then been withdrawn. Submitter claims that he received it from his father 2006.


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Vera Nilsson studied at the Technical School in Stockholm, Carl Wilhelmson of Fine Arts and the Académie de la Palette in Paris. She undertook study tours to France, Italy and Denmark where she lived for three years. 1917 she debuts in Copenhagen together with Mollie Faustman. She was an expressionist and motifs were landscapes, often from Öland, Sweden, and child studies. 1954 she is inducted into the Academy in Sweden as the first woman.
Source: Art Signature Dictionary
Vera Nilsson studerade vid Tekniska skolan i Stockholm, Valand för Carl Wilhelmson samt vid Académie de la Palette i Paris. Hon företog studieresor till Frankrike, Italien och Danmark där hon var bosatt i tre år. 1917 debuterar hon i Köpenhamn tillsammans med Mollie Faustman. Hon var expressionist och motiven var landskap, ofta från Öland, samt barnstudier. Hon blir invald som den första kvinnan på 1900-talet i Konstakademin 1954.
Utställningar:
Nordisk konst i Göteborg, Konstnärshuset i Stockholm, Göteborgs Konsthall och Konstakademien i Stockholm, Konstakademin och Galleri 15 i Moss Norge.
Offentlig utsmyckning:
T-Centralen i Stockholm, Västertorpskolan i Stockholm, Djurgårdsskolan i Eskilstuna, Riksdagshuset, Nacksta kyrka i Sundsvall.
Representerad:
Nationalmuseum i Stockholm, Moderna Muséet i Stockholm, Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Statens Museum för Kunst i Köpenhamn, Hamburg, Malmö Museum, Eskilstuna Konstmuseum, Norrköpings Konstmuseum, Nasjonalgalleriet i Oslo och Svenska Statens porträttsamling på Gripsholms slott.
Source: Art Signature Dictionary

Från En Park - Köpenhamn

Motiv Från Broddarp - Torekov (Executed in 1939)

Composition

Sovande Barn

Landskap

Venus (Executed 1925)

Stockholmsutsikt Med Hyacint

Porträtt - Edith Santesson

By På öland (1930)

Utsikt Från Ateljén, Söder

Lilla Maj

Snösmältning - Stockholm
