Showing posts with label Sweden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sweden. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Carl Fredrik Hill: Trädet och flodkröken III (Bois-le-Roi)

Public Domain Images: Trädet och flodkröken III (Bois-le-Roi), oil on canvas painting (1877) by Swedish artist Carl Fredrik Hill (1849-1911), currently located at Nationalmuseum Stockholm (National Museum of Fine Arts, the national gallery of Sweden).

Friday, August 13, 2010

Swedish Gilded Silver Bridal Crown

Public Domain Photo: Gilded silver bridal crown by Swedish master goldsmith Bo Stefan with photos of four brides who had worn it in the period between 1938 and 1978. The brides are Eva Sterner (Mrs. C. J. Stefan Ridderstedt), Birgit Anderson (Mrs. C. Erik Ridderstedt), Märta Enbäck (Mrs. R. Stig Stefanson) and Ingegärd Stefanson (Mrs. Arne Klum), photo taken at the Church of Sweden, Täby, Sweden.

Sunday, August 8, 2010

Model Writing Postcards by Carl Larsson

Image: The Model Writing Postcards (titles in other languages - Français: Le modèle écrit des cartes postales, Svenska: Modellen skriver vykort), a 1906 watercolor painting by Swedish painter and interior designer Carl Larsson (1853-1919), dimensions 68 cm x 100 cm (26.77 in x 39.37 in), located at Thielska galleriet, Stockholm, Sweden.

Friday, July 23, 2010

Nils Möllerberg's Pomona in Lund, Sweden

PD Photo: Nils Möllerberg's Pomona Statue in Stadsparken (City Park) in Lund, Scania, southern Sweden.

Nils Möllerberg (1892-1954) was a Swedish sculptor, painter and graphic artist. He was the son of Carl Möllerberg, who was a fruit grower and photographer in Tomarp outside Kristianstad in southern Sweden, where Möllerberg settled back at 56 years of age. From 16 years of age he was apprenticed to senior artists in Copenhagen. He lived in Paris between 1919 and 1928 and was influenced by artists such as Aristide Maillol and Auguste Rodin, whose influence is particularly evident in his female figures.

Friday, July 9, 2010

Leda och svanen, sculpture by Helge Högbom

Photo: Public fountain ‘Leda och svanen’ (Leda and the Swan), sculpture by Helge Högbom, located in central Eslöv, Sweden.

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Venus van Cythera by Jan Massys

Image: Venus van Cythera (1561), oil on wood painting by Flemish painter Jan Massys (1510-1575), dimensions 133 cm x 156 cm, currently at Nationalmuseum (or National Museum of Fine Arts), the national gallery of Sweden, located on the peninsula Blasieholmen in central Stockholm.