Still life of Tulips and Apples. Oil on Masonite by Signe Rydin Palmbrad (1870-1960). Swedish/American. Signed and dated, 1944.

Born in Stockholm, she immigrated to America in 1896. Signe began to paint in her middle age and studied with Elmer Fosberg at the Art Institute of Chicago, then with Finnish visiting painter Akseli Gallen-Kallela.
She became very popular from the 1920´s on and was widely exhibited in Chicago. One of her exhibits at the famous "Cafe Idrott", in 1930, featured 65 works and lasted an entire year.
Frame size: 26.75 x 23 inches.
Image size: 21.75 x 18 inches.
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