'Ballerina' by Birgit Forssell

'Ballerina' by Birgit Forssellartist: Birgit Forssell (Swedish 1909 2003) medium: oil on canvas dimensions: 32 x 40cm canvas size 46 x 54 cm frame size signed and dated 1965 presented in its original frame AU $950 (approx US $575 530 EUROS 62,000 yen 465 GBP for exact current conversion visit xe. com) artist biography Birgit Forssell was a Swedish artist visual artist, born February 25, 1909 in Stockholm. Forssell started painting in 1925 and spent 1926 1927 in Paris before she

artist: Birgit Forssell (Swedish 1909-2003)

medium: oil on canvas

dimensions: 32 x 40cm canvas size / 46 x 54 cm frame size
signed and dated 1965
presented in its original frame

AU $950 (approx US $575 / 530 EUROS / 62,000 yen / 465 GBP - for exact current conversion visit xe.com)

artist biography
Birgit Forssell was a Swedish artist visual artist, born February 25, 1909 in Stockholm. 

Forssell started painting in 1925 and spent 1926-1927 in Paris before she studied art at the Konsthögskolan (Art Academy) in Stockholm 1927-1933, as well as during travels in Budapest, Vienna, France and Denmark. She returned to Paris, where she studied with André Lhote between 1937 and 1939.

She had solo exhibitions at the Konstnärshuset in Stockholm, Konstgalleriet in Gothenburg, Paletten in Norrköping and the Gävle Museum. She participated in group exhibitions at the Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet (Swedish-French Art Gallery) and the Svenska konstnärernas (Swedish Artists' Association) exhibitions. Forssell painted portraits, still life, and landscape paintings often with designs from Marstrand region. She is best know and most collected for her portraits of ballet dancers.

Examples of her work are held at the Museums in Norrköping and Gävle.

She was married to fellow artist Tore Nyberg. Forssell passed away in Stockholm on May 4, 2003 aged 94.