Elk Hunt (1915)
Technique: Giclée quality print
Recommended by our customers
More about this artwork
Elk Hunt, an evocative piece by the renowned Swedish artist Bruno Liljefors created in 1915, portrays the silent intensity and patience that underlines hunting in the wild. The scene is set in a dense, Nordic forest, captured with a palette of muted earth tones that seem to whisper of the coming autumn. The foreground features a hunter clad in traditional attire, crouched with a rifle poised at the ready. Trees with slender trunks and scarce leaves suggest a crisp, possibly windy day, enhancing the sensation of solitude and focus.Liljefors, renowned for his ability to animate the natural landscape and its inhabitants, here expertly conveys both the stillness and the sudden bursts of action characteristic of hunting. The painting excels in its detailed rendering of textures—from the rough brush underfoot to the delicate, airy crowns of the pines—and in creating a deep, immersive backdrop that draws the viewer’s eye beyond the hunter into the wilderness, wondering what lies therein.Elk Hunt exemplifies Liljefors's lifelong fascination with wildlife and his mastery in blending naturalism with a nuanced, almost mystical understanding of the Swedish landscape and its creatures.
Delivery
Returns
Nordic animals and wildlife artworks by Swedish artist Bruno Liljefors (1860-1939). These beautiful nature motifs of animals in dramatic scenes, predator and prey, are captured in genuine and realistic paintings, with incredible detail. Bruno is regarded as one of the most important wildlife artists of the 19th century.