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Axel Törneman
Swedish, 1880-1925
"Absinthe", 1902
Oil on canvas

Törneman was one of Sweden's earliest modernist painters. Born in Persberg, Värmland, he grew to work in several modernist styles, was one of the first Swedish expressionist artists, and became a part of the international avant-garde in art after embracing more abstract art styles in Germany and France that were evolving there during the early 1900s