Name/Title
PaintingEntry/Object ID
2016.23.1Description
Unframed oil painting of a desert landscape on hardboard. Snow-topped brown-blue mountains in the background. A rocky and hilly brown landscape with green shrubbery in the middle ground. In the forefront is a tannish-brown and green grassland with brown shrubbery and a large plant with flowers with brown stems and leaves. In the distance is a white sky with areas of blue.Type of Painting
PanelContext
Fritiof Persson was a Swedish artist born in 1897. He immigrated to the United States after serving in the Canadian Army in WWI. After studying at the Art Students League of New York, he moved to Los Angeles around 1930. He became known for his desert landscape paintings of the Mojave of Colorado deserts. He passed away in San Bernardino, CA in 1957 due to a gastric ulcer. Persson exhibited at the Scandinavian-American Art Society in 1939.Acquisition
Accession
2016.23Source or Donor
Susan PatronAcquisition Method
GiftMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Fritiof PerssonRole
ArtistTime Period
20th CenturyInscription/Signature/Marks
Type
SignatureLocation
Front, lower right cornerTranscription
Fritiof PerssonLexicon
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Deserts, Art, Paintings, Oil paintings, Mountains, Landscape paintingsDimensions
Height
15-5/8 inWidth
19-1/2 inDepth
1/4 inCopyright
Copyright Details
Ownership was legally transferred to the Swedish American Museum per the gift agreement. Certain works may be protected by copyright not governed by the Swedish American Museum.Restrictions
This collection is open to research and does not contain sensitive information.Reproductions
Notes
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