ELLIS WALLIN, Swedish - Thundercloud

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ELLIS WALLIN, Swedish 1888 - 1972, oil on canvas, signed and dated '40, titled "Åskmolnet" - Thundercloud.  Initialed to the back of canvas and titled to the stretcher and frame, original frame.

Elias Theodor ("Ellis") Wallin, born 10.12.1888, died 1972, he was a Swedish artist. 

1914-1920 - studied at the Academy of Art, now the Swedish Royal Academy of Art, in Stockholm. 1920-1933 - settled in Paris, returning to Stockholm afterwards.

1926-1937 - exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants, Salon d’automne and Salon des Tuileries, Paris. 1927-1933 - solo exhibitions in Paris.

1927 - solo exhibition in Rouen.

1927-1956 - solo exhibitions in Stockholm. 

1938 - the Uppsala Art Association invited him to do a Retrospective Exhibition. 

He took part in exhibitions in Brussels, Tallinn, Riga and Helsinki.

Represented:

Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, France

National Museum in Stockholm, Sweden

Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden

Malmö Museum, Sweden

He was the chairman of the Swedish Artist Club between 1936 and 1947, being named Honorary Chairman in 1958.  He painted portraits, landscapes and still lives in oil.