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Ester Almqvist (b. Bromma 1869, d. Lund 1934)

Still life with the painter's palette next to a Greek vase on a decorated column. Signed and dated E. D. Almqvist 1890. Oil on canvas laid on panel. 150 × 66 cm.

Ester Dorothea Almqvist (1869–1934) is known as one of the early Swedish modernists. Almqvist was born with a deformed spine that limited her mobility in many areas of her life. In turn, however, the condition gave her the freedom to be able to dedicate her life to painting and studying art. Almqvist was part of a group of Swedish female artists who worked, exhibited, and in some instances lived together. When the pain in Almqvist's back made it impossible for her to work, a group of younger female artists pulled together and mounted an exhibition in her honour. Almqvist attended the Technical School in Stockholm, where she graduated in 1891 a year after completing this painting. She studied art at the academies in Gothenburg and Stockholm, and her teachers included Gustaf Cederström and Bruno Liljefors. She donated more than 2,000 of her works to Malmö Konstmuseum, which makes her the most represented female artist in their collection.

Provenance: Bruun Rasmussen auction 806, 2009 no. 433.

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Auction

Paintings & drawings, 30 November 2021

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Estimate

30,000–40,000 DKK

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Price realised

26,000 DKK