Owe Zerge (1894–1983) was a Swedish artist born in Kristianstad. He studied at the Althin Painting School in Stockholm, followed by the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm from 1915 to 1919, and study trips to Italy and France. Zerge made his debut at the Salon de Paris in 1921 and the following year exhibited at Liljevalchs Konsthall in Stockholm. An official biography states he specialized in “portraits, figure motifs, flowers, and landscapes”—but that’s not what I’m seeing…
