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Christian Björn Larsen
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Christian Björn Larsen was born in 1931 in Buenos Aires to Scandinavian parents before the family settled in the Nordic countries. He trained across multiple institutions, studying at Slöjdföreningens Skola in Gothenburg, the School of Crafts and Design in Copenhagen, and the Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm - a transatlantic background that left him with dual ties to both Danish and Swedish cultural life.
His practice centred on figurative painting with a particular affection for the female figure - girls, ballerinas, and women in quiet, contemplative situations. He worked across a range of mediums including oil on panel and canvas, gouache on paper, watercolour, pastel, ink, and print techniques. His style sits within a mid-20th-century Nordic figurative tradition: warm, accessible, and crafted with an illustrator's eye for composition and mood.
Larsen worked professionally as both a painter and an illustrator, producing work that blended fine art with a commercial sensibility typical of his generation. His prints and posters, such as the known "Kristina" series, show a clear graphic quality alongside his painterly works. Street scenes with figures moving through urban environments also featured in his output, suggesting an interest in the observed world rather than the invented one.
He died in 1993, leaving a body of work that has circulated steadily through the Nordic secondary market ever since. On Auctionist, Larsen's 17 catalogued items are drawn primarily from Swedish regional auction houses including Garpenhus Auktioner, Formstad Auktioner, Metropol, and Skånes Auktionsverk. The works sold to date have been modest in price, typically around 300 SEK, reflecting his position as a well-regarded regional artist rather than a major market name. The categories are firmly split between paintings and drawings, consistent with his known practice.