Ivar Arosenius
Gothenburg 1878 - 1909 Älvängen
Portrait of David Lundahl, 1901
Signed and dated IA/01 lower left
Graphite and watercolour on paper
21.5 x 19.5 cm
8 1/2 x 7 5/8 in
David Lundahl was a Swedish musician and painter. After travelling to Paris in 1897 he contracted pulmonary tuberculosis and was only able to return to Sweden in 1900 after a long period of convalescence.
Arosenius and Lundahl became very good friends and the image of the pale musician reappears throughout Arosenius's oeuvre.
Arosenius and…