ABOUT LEIF SODERGREN


Contact: lemongulch@yahoo.com

SWEDISH:
Jag heter Leif Södergren och bor i Göteborg. Mina tavlor är inspirerade av de gamla dalmålningarna. Kurbitsen, som förekommer i alla mina tavlor, är en frodig pumpaväxt som beskrivs i Bibeln. Kurbitsen fascinerade de folkliga konstnärerna och de lät sin fantasi få fritt spelrum och fyllde ut varenda litet tomrum på väggdekorationerna eller möblerna med den. 


ENGLISH:
My name is Leif Sodergren and I live in Gothenburg, SWEDEN.
My paintings are inspired by the rural, itinerant painters of the Swedish province of Dalarna 1720-1870.
The large floral decorations (kurbits) which you find in all my paintings is an invented, fantastical symbol of vegetal fertility based on a gourd or pumpkin of biblical legend. 
This type of paintings was popular between 1720 and 1870, particularly in Dalarna and southern Norrland. 

-My books
-Have a look at my Folk-Art kitchen
-Read how my Swedish-American grandmother inspired me to paint Swedish Folk Art. 


2 comments:

  1. opmelinDecember 3, 2012 at 11:22 AM

    I am very, very impressed! A fabulous focus of mind and love!
    Olle-Petter

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  2. UnknownApril 11, 2020 at 8:54 AM

    Being of Swedish descent, and a Folk Art painter as well, I admire your beautiful painted pieces and keeping the tradition going.

    Carl Larson, Fremont, California USA

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