Bruno Liljefors, wild Sweden: a new exhibition at the Petit Palais

Want to discover the beautiful Scandinavian countryside without leaving the capital? Head to the Petit Palais from October 1, 2024 to February 16, 2025 to admire the works of Swedish painter Bruno Liljefors.

With a new exhibition entitled " Bruno Liljefors, la Suède sauvage " , the Petit Palais is once again putting Nordic art in the spotlight, following exhibitions devoted to Carl Larsson in 2014 and Anders Zorn in 2017. This autumn and next winter, the spotlight is on Bruno Liljefors (1860-1939).

Although his work remains relatively unknown in France, Bruno Liljefors was a key figure on the Scandinavian art scene at the end of the 19th century. In his day, he was considered the " prince of animal artists ".

It has to be said that the artist produced a great many works featuring animals, thus contributing to the renewal of the animal painting genre. Swedish nature also played a key role. Wild geese in flight, eagle-owls in the heart of the forest, hares on snow-covered ground, goshawks and black grouse, redstarts and butterflies, cats and chaffinches... the many examples reveal Bruno Liljefors ' pictorial talent and his highly distinctive working technique. The Swedish artist was particularly interested in the relationship between animals and their habitat, in the heart of the Swedish wilderness.

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In all, some 100 paintings, drawings and photographs will be on show at the Petit Palais, in a chronological and thematic tour. The works on display will be drawn from the collections of Swedish museums such as Stockholm's Nationalmuseum, the Thiel Gallery and the Gothenburg Museum, as well as from various private collections.

For this first major exhibition in France devoted to Bruno Liljefors, the Petit Palais will unveil an immersive scenography transforming the Paris museum into a nature walk.

To discover the " Bruno Liljefors, Wild Sweden " exhibition, visit the Petit Palais from October 1, 2024 to February 16, 2025.