Provenance : Private Swedish collection. Signature undistinct but comparable to the one on "In the distance" Oil/canvas 86x67cm Hagelstam Helsinki 5-4-2016 lot 219. Finnish graphic artist, visual artist and advertising designer. Björklind's works were first exhibited in public at the Finnish Artists'  Annual Exhibition in 1931. His earlier works were mainly metal graphics, in which he specialized in his studies. Later, Björklind also did more stone drawings and screen printing. He received the Pro Finlandia Medal in 1963. He has also received the Albert Gebhard Medal from Grafia. Björklind's works have been exhibited extensively abroad. His works are in the collection of the Finnish Graphic Artists Association. Most of the works of the 1940-50s are lithographs,
screenprints and line etchings. Rarest are the paintings.