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Erik August Werdenhoff , born 11 May 1864 at Hornsberg, Tryserum parish, Kalmar county, died 1947 at Lidingö, was a Swedish engineer and watercolourist.
Erik August von Werdenhoff – A Rainy Afternoon 1919
£220.00
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A fine monochrome ink drawing in pen and point of brush on light buff wove paper. The drawing has an impressed line border and is presented in a new mount. Inscribed in Swedish on the backboard of the original frame, translated: A Rainy Afternoon (My penmanship. E.W.ff.) – To Helena Werdenhoff 1919 (The artist’s wife). – (later inscribed), To Ellen Blackledge 1977.
Sheet: 14 x 11 in. (35.5 x 27.8 cm.)
Image: 5 5/8 x 5 3/4 in. (14.4 x 14.6 cm.)
Mount: 15 1/16 x 11 7/8 in. (38.3 x 30.3 cm.)
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Werdenhoff, Erik August von (Swedish, 1864-1947)
Erik August Werdenhoff , born 11 May 1864 at Hornsberg, Tryserum parish, Kalmar county, died 1947 at Lidingö, was a Swedish engineer and watercolourist .
He was the son of court chamberlain Frans August Werdenhoff and Lovisa Amalia Lidén and from 1909 married to Helena Strandberg (1881-1968), they had 8 children. Werdenhoff attended Norrköping Technical School 1881–1884 and was employed as an engineer at the Motala workshop 1884–1899 and at Surahammar's mill 1899–1914 before becoming a consulting engineer. Alongside his work, he was active as an artist and participated in some exhibitions.
