'Untitled' (Abstract lithograph) by Nils Wedel

'Untitled' (Abstract lithograph) by Nils Wedelartist: Nils Wedel (Swedish 1897 1967) medium: lithograph print dimensions: 61 x 41 cm framed size (approx) signed in graphite and numbered 255 260 circa 1950s presented in a new hand finished shadowbox timber frame with archival backing and UV museum glass * note there is minor discolouration around the print area from a previous frame this does not detract from the artwork AU $865 (approx US $605 540 EUROS 70,000 yen 450 GBP for exact current

artist: Nils Wedel (Swedish 1897-1967)

medium: lithograph print

dimensions: 61 x 41 cm framed size (approx) 

signed in graphite and numbered 255/260
circa 1950s
presented in a new hand finished shadowbox timber frame with archival backing and UV museum glass

* note - there is minor discolouration around the print area from a previous frame - this does not detract from the artwork

AU $865 (approx US $605 / 540 EUROS / 70,000 yen / 450 GBP - for exact current conversion visit xe.com)

artist biography
Nils Adolf Wedel was Swedish painter and designer born in Gothenburg on February 4, 1897.

He studied at the Slöjdföreningens Skola in Gothenburg from 1915 to 1917 under Swedish artist Albert Eldh. Wedel lived in Denmark for five years from 1923 to 1928, moving back to Sweden where he lived in Malmö from 1928 to 1938. He then moved to Gothenburg where he taught paintings at graphics at the Handicraft Society School from 1939 to 1958.

Public art: decorative paintings in the stairwells at the Norrköping Museum, the People's House in Gothenburg and Linköping and mosaic in the post office building in Sundsvall. 

Represented: National Museum in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö Art Museum Museum Norrköp. and Karlstad museums and Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen.

Wedel was married to textile artist Alice Wedel. He passed away at age 70 on July 17, 1967 in Kleva, Sweden.