Ingrid Margareta Årfelt
1923-1999
‘Classical Figures’
Undated
Woodcut, signed
£250
Ingrid Årfelt was a celebrated Swedish designer and graphic artist with an understated style inspired by Italian antiquity. Born in Stockholm in 1923, she started her artistic education at Edvin Oller’s art school in 1940. Årfelt later attended the Royal School of Arts in Stockholm studying graphic art and sculpture from 1941–1948. Continuing her art studies in Rome and study trips to Belgium, France, and Italy, Årfelt participated in the Nationalmuseum’s exhibitions Unga tecknare (Young Designers) in 1946–1948, 1950 and 1953.
As an artist, Ingrid Årfelt would chiefly make her mark through her linocuts, designing her motifs with a thoughtful and meditative expressiveness. Her linocuts were printed in only about ten copies, which means that Årfelt’s works are hard to find on the art market today. Her work can be seen in the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, the Gothenburg Museum of Art and the Uppsala Art Museum.
Ingrid Margareta Årfelt
1923-1999
‘Classical Figures’
Undated
Woodcut, signed
£250
Ingrid Årfelt was a celebrated Swedish designer and graphic artist with an understated style inspired by Italian antiquity. Born in Stockholm in 1923, she started her artistic education at Edvin Oller’s art school in 1940. Årfelt later attended the Royal School of Arts in Stockholm studying graphic art and sculpture from 1941–1948. Continuing her art studies in Rome and study trips to Belgium, France, and Italy, Årfelt participated in the Nationalmuseum’s exhibitions Unga tecknare (Young Designers) in 1946–1948, 1950 and 1953.
As an artist, Ingrid Årfelt would chiefly make her mark through her linocuts, designing her motifs with a thoughtful and meditative expressiveness. Her linocuts were printed in only about ten copies, which means that Årfelt’s works are hard to find on the art market today. Her work can be seen in the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, the Gothenburg Museum of Art and the Uppsala Art Museum.
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