Monday, October 6, 2014

Oil on Masonite Floral Still Life by Signe Rydin Palmblad. Signed lower right and dated "1941". Swedish/American 1870-1960

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.
Later, she studied with Finnish visiting painter, Akseli Gallen Kallela. She became very popular from the 1920's onward 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.
16.5 inches by 19.75 inches.
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