Roland Alf Painting

Description

Roland Alf (1929-2020): Model by the window, signed and dated alf 2011, oil on canvas.
Approx. 64.5x53.5 cm ( 25" … more Roland Alf (1929-2020): Model by the window, signed and dated alf 2011, oil on canvas.
Approx. 64.5x53.5 cm ( 25" x 21" ). Unframed.

History:
Roland Alf was born in 1929 in Högalid, Stockholm and died on May 2, 2020 in Hässelby beach.
Alf started at Konstfack in Stockholm in 1949 with a focus on Decorative Painting, he then switched to Sculpture.
After that, he continued his studies at Stockholm City Vocational School for painters and study circles for croquet. Between the years 1948-50, Roland Alf was employed at the Oscar Theater as a theater painter. In the last years of his professional life, he was involved in restoring paintings in churches and in gates / entrances on Östermalm. Roland Alf worked in various techniques and materials such as oil on canvas, plaster, wood and clay. less