AXEL PETER, oil on panel dated 1936

AXEL PETER, Swedish 1863-1942, oil on panel, signed and dated Ax Peter 1936, original frame.

Carl Axel Edvard Peter was a Swedish artist, he studied under Edvard Perséus at  Konstakademien in Stockholm as well as in Paris and Germany.   Peter was a member of the  Opponentrörelsen (opposition movement) along with Richard Berg, Nils Kreuger, Karl Nordström, J.A.G. Acke, Gustaf Fjaestad och Eugène Jansson.  He is known for his own singular style.