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Bruno Liljefors, The Revolutionary Enigma

By Breaking Rules, Swedish Nature Painter Liljefors Validated The Modern Age Of Animal Art

Swede Bruno Andreas Liljefors (1860-1939) broke inviolate rules. 

He did so because he could.  The irony is that critics told him he would never be remembered as a great artist if he built a body of work on portrayals of animals.  His paintings today, of course, are coveted by museums, well beyond financial reach of most collectors, and, though he observed nature in the 19th century, he is still at the head of a vanguard.

Early on, Liljefors was instructed that serious painters do not celebrate wildlife, especially predators stalking their prey, except within the context of

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