Creek at Twilight from 1927 is a rare, large-scale tour de force of Birger Sandzén's oeuvre. Utilizing his hallmark Fauvist palette and strong, energized brushwork in this monumental work, the artist dazzles his viewer. ...The 1927 graduating class of the Washington High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, purchased Creek at Twilight directly from the trunk of the artist's car, the very year in which the work was painted. Subsequently, this masterwork remained in the school's possession... For several decades, Creek at Twilight hung in the institution's basement for safekeeping, only to be newly rediscovered. With its textural impasto and strong, colorful brushwork reminiscent of Gogh and Cézanne, Creek at Twilight embodies the accolades showered upon Sandzén in 1920, and is as relevant and impressive today as it was when painted in 1927. [https://fineart.ha.com/itm/birger-sandzen-swedish-american-1871-1954-creek-at-twilight-1927oil-on-canvas48-x-60-inches-1219-x-1524-cm-/a/5286-68035.s]