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Axel Hennix (1905-1988) - Swedish School
Nighttime Encounters in Stockholm, 1928
oil on panel
31 x 41.5 cm
Signed and dated lower left
Axel Hennix (1905-1988), a Swedish artist born in Östersund, revealed his talent at the age of 5 and sold his first work at 12. Trained at the Konsthögskolan in Stockholm (1928-1930) and then with André Lhote in Paris (1931), he distinguished himself as a columnist and illustrator for Aftonbladet and Folket i Bild in the 1930s and 1940s, often with anti-Nazi satires. Settling in Värmland in 1945 with Maria, he drew inspiration from his family and the Mediterranean landscape. In the 1960s, he collaborated with Arvika Nyheter and Nya Wermlands-Tidningen. Proficient in painting, watercolor, collage, and sculpture, he remained little known during his lifetime until a retrospective exhibition in Arvika in 2016.
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