Artist:
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Bruno Liljefors
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Title:
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Moose Family Entering a Clearing
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Date:
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1930
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Medium:
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Oil on canvas
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Dimensions:
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22 5/8 x 26 3/8 in. (57.47 x 66.99 cm) (sight)
33 x 37 5/8 in. (83.82 x 95.57 cm) (outer frame)
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Credit Line:
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Gift of the estate of Paul Upcraft in his memory
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Location:
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Gallery 351
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Bruno Liljefors was probably the most influential animal painter of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, at a time when wildlife art was still emerging from its association with scientific depiction and taxidermy. Liljefors's lifelong activities as a hunter motivated his close study of animal life, and in his art he approached his subject not as a descriptive narrator, but as an ecologist, seeking to show animals in interaction with their environmental setting in the landscape.
Moose Family Entering a Clearing is a strong example of Liljefors's late work. Through its convincing sense of immediacy, shimmering light effects, and accurately rendered subjects, the painting demonstrates the fine line between impressionism and painterly realism.
Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Liljefors, Bruno
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Nationality:
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Swedish
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Life Dates:
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Swedish, 1860 - 1939
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Signature, Date, Inscription and Stamp
on back, in black: untranslated inscription LLC, in black: [Bruno Liljefors. / 1930.] on back, in blue: untranslated stamp
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Physical Description:
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three moose of varying sizes at left; Impressionistic landscape with grey-white sky; grey and green trees and golden-orange grass
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Creation Place:
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Europe, Sweden, , ,
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Accession #:
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2009.64
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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