GUSTAF THEODOR WALLÉN

Wallén, Wallen and Walleaux - one man and one artist Gustaf Th Wallén was a Swedish artist. Because of different reasons he also has been described as a French artist. In 1892 he won a third gold medal for a painting at the Salon in Paris. The painting, called "La maison mortuaire" (The House of Mourning), was bought by the French Government. It was placed at the museum of art in Lyon, where Wallén wasn't pre- sented as a Swede, but belonging to l´École Francaise. Because of this presentation, and other reasons, he is today presented as two diffe- rent artists in the French dictionary of art by E.Bénézit. First as the Swedish genre and portrait painter and sculptor Gustaf Theodor Wallén, and then as the genre painter J.T. Wallen belonging to l´École Francaise.

Chronology

1860 1879-85 1887 1888-92 1889 1892 1900 1947

Gustaf Th Wallén is born in Stockholm student at The Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm receives The Royal Medal and the Academy's scholarship for four years studies in Holland, Belgium, France, Spain and Italy studies at the Académie Julian andthe Académie Colarossi in Paris moves back to Stockholm moves to Leksand, Dalarna his last exhibition - in Gothenburg

International Exhibitions

1888 1888 1889 1892 1896 1900 1901 1904 1923

Copenhagen - Nordiske Industrie- Lantbrugs- og Kunstudstillung Munich - Internationalen Kunstausstellung Paris - Le Salon, and Exposition Universelle as "G.T. Walleaux" Paris - Le Salon, receives The 3rd Gold Medal Berlin - Internationalen Kunstausstellung Berlin Munich - Internationalen Kunstausstellung im Kgl Glaspalast Saint Louis, USA - Universal Exposition Chicago - The Third International Water Color Exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago

The book Author: Urban Windahl Title: Gustaf Theodor Wallén 1860-1948 ISBN: 91-630-1735-0 Pages: 104 Pictures: 78 (38 in colour), 11 from France and 8 from Italy. Photos: Urban Windahl. Language: Swedish. Summary in English. © 1993 Stiftelsen Walléngården Box 186, S-793 24 Leksand, Sweden If you have any information about further paintings, please send me an email! windahl@swipnet.se