Wilhelm von Gegerfelt, born 9 November 1844 in Gothenburg, died 2 April 1920 in Torekov, Kristianstad county, was a Swedish landscape painter and etcher. He was the son of the architect Victor von Gegerfelt and the father of Cecilia von Gegerfelt. Wilhelm von Gegerfelt studied 1861–1863 at the art academy in Copenhagen, 1864–1867 at the academy in Stockholm and 1867–1872 in Düsseldorf, after which he moved to Paris. There he worked his way to a completely new technique and, together with Alfred Wahlberg, became the first Swedish representative of the modern atmospheric landscape. He made study trips to the north coast of France, to his homeland and to Italy, painted dusk over the quays of Venice, moonlight over the lagoons, chalk cliffs on the English Channel in a gray mood, Swedish summer nights, all with elegant brushwork, caressing color and lively talk.

 

von Gegerfelt is represented at the Norrköping Art Museum, the National Museum of the Storm (watercolour, motif from Dalarna, purchased in 1886) and the Beach on Halland's Väderö (in oil, 1893) as well as at the Gothenburg Art Museum [9] by Strandgata in Venezia (1884), the oil painting Winter Evening on Halland's Väderö (1893) and the watercolor Fjällbacka. von Gegerfelt's skill in capturing the mood of natural landscapes is also clearly shown in his painting Late Winter Day (in oil, 1894). In his later years, von Gegerfelt lived in Torekov.