Piguet
Composition
Acrylic
Original catalogue wording
Composition
acrylique
Catalogue period : 2026-09-08 — 2026-09-23
Published result : 1600 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1000–1500
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Bengt Lindström
Born : 1925Died : 2008Documented citizenships : Sweden
The Swedish painter, lithographer and sculptor Bengt Lindström developed, from 1949 onwards, a less figurative and increasingly colourful style of painting, drawing on Nordic references and popular and mythological sources. Born in 1925 in Storsjökapell, he died in 2008 in Sundsvall. Often associated with Cobra painting, he referred instead to Nolde, Munch and Ensor; popular art, Sami mythology and the shamans of the Far North are also cited among his sources of inspiration.
After studying in Scandinavia, Lindström went to Chicago in 1946 to study at the Art Institute. He settled in Paris the following year and worked in the studios of André Lhote and Fernand Léger. His first appearances in Paris included the Salon des Réalités nouvelles in 1952, the Galerie Craven in 1953 and the Salon d’Octobre in 1954; that same year, he held his first solo exhibition in Sweden, at Gummesson’s art salon.
His printed work includes a series of ten lithographs devoted to Scandinavian mythology, as well as a series of drypoints. He also produced a mural for the Grand Hotel in Härnösand and two frescoes for the covered market of Nacksta-Sundsvall. In Murano, in collaboration with the San Carlo gallery, he created Les Grands Verres, a series of vases and crystal sculptures.
The Midlanda contemporary art centre housed the collection of the Bengt and Michèle Lindström Foundation, comprising paintings and sculptures as well as a body of prints described as comprising approximately 800 works. A few years after its establishment in Midlanda, the collection was transferred to the Länsmuseet i Västernorrland in Härnösand. After suffering a stroke in 2003, Lindström stopped painting. A monograph on the artist by Françoise Monnin was published by Ides et Calendes in 2001.
This profile brings together identity references for Bengt Lindström and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
14 references are documented at Dobiaschofsky, DognyAuction, Schuler, Piguet. Each record links to its source; the amounts are not a general valuation of the artist’s work.
Works recorded at auction
Schuler · Lot 3154
No
Oil on canvas
Original catalogue wording
No
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2025-06-18
Published result : 3400 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2000–3000
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Schuler · Lot 3155
Untitled (face)
Oil on canvas
Original catalogue wording
Ohne Titel (Gesicht)
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2025-06-18
Published result : 3400 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2000–3000
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Dobiaschofsky · Lot 471
Untitled
Acrylic on paper
Original catalogue wording
Sans titre.
Acryl auf Papier
Catalogue period : 2022-11-04
Published result : 3300 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 5000
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Dobiaschofsky · Lot 472
The barbarian
Oil on canvas
Original catalogue wording
"Le barbare".
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2021-11-05
Published result : 7000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 9000
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Dobiaschofsky · Lot 493
Composition
Oil on canvas
Original catalogue wording
Composition.
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2018-05-04
Published result : 2600 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 3000
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Dobiaschofsky · Lot 518
Faces
Oil on canvas
Original catalogue wording
Visages.
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2018-05-04
Published result : 5000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 5000
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Schuler · Lot 3251
Frau im Sonnenlicht
Oil on canvas
Original catalogue wording
Frau im Sonnenlicht
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2016-06-17
Published result : 6500 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 5000–7000
View the lot at the auction house ↗Dobiaschofsky · Lot 569
Gestural abstract composition
Oil on paper
Original catalogue wording
Gestisch-abstrakte Komposition.
Öl auf Papier
Date to be documented
Published result : 12000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 9000
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DognyAuction
Animal
Oil on canvas
Original catalogue wording
Animal
huile sur toile
Date to be documented
Published result : 5240 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
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DognyAuction
To Keep Silent
Acrylic
Original catalogue wording
Pour garder le silence
acrylique
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 7500–12000
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To Keep Silent
Acrylic
Original catalogue wording
Pour garder le silence
acrylique
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 6000–8000
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Piguet
"Supplication du Norrland",
Oil on canvas
Original catalogue wording
"Supplication du Norrland",
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2019-12-11
Published result : 2200 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2000–3000
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Piguet
Visage,
Oil on canvas
Original catalogue wording
Visage,
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2021-09-22
Published result : 4300 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 3000–5000
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- Reference record
- LoC · Reference link only; institutional text and images are not reproduced.
- Documentary source
- Documentary source
SwissArtGallery documentary note based on the cited sources. Titles, media and qualifications are provided in the profile language; the original catalogue wording remains available in each record.
Documentation updated : 2026-10-19