Ola BILLGREN
1940–2001, Denmark/Sweden
Verdict of guilty
K102318-07
Watercolor and pencil, titled "iteriör and model", 31.2 x24 cm, dated 1968, signed "Ola Billgren". Submitted to an auction house in Gothenburg, who asked the artist Anita Nilsson Billgren and Sven Henrysson to examine the painting. Anita Nilsson Billgren has previously dismissed the painting and declared it as a forgery. The painting was seized by police for further expert examination. At questioning the owner says he bought the painting of a commercial traveler in the early 1970's. Court: The painting has not been performed by the artist Ola Billgren nor signed by him. It is a forgery.