The Bridge

Oil on panel by Tage Sahlberg (1906-1980)

Signed & dated 1946

Framed 44.5x53cm

Sahlberg was a Swedish drawing teacher, painter, draftsman and graphic artist. Sahlberg trained  at the Higher School of Industrial Arts in Stockholm, graduating in 1929. He then continued his art studies at the Slöjdföreningen school and under Nils Nilsson at the Valand painting school in Gothenburg. He made several study trips to, among others, Russia, the Netherlands, Italy and during his stay in France he took the opportunity to study at the Académie Julian.  His art consists of figurative compositions, nude studies, interiors and landscapes. Sahlberg is represented at Hälsinglands Museum and Bollnäs Museum in Sweden.