Studio: international art (31.1904)

Modern Painting in Sweden

surely comparison
with the modern art of any
other country in the world.
Like so many other

Irfl^KFflS f ¥''*SSr^^&'' similar institutions, the

'•' » jF >'<i5t- Swedish Academy had

KJ^^HBMMBEJ|^^j^'^f^'' mmm^ at t^xe start honourably

endeavoured to fulfil

I a$g* I the useful objects of its

existence; but in the
early eighties the decline in
that respect brought things
to such a deplorable
pass that even the most
important statutes govern-
■ ■' ing the institution were set
absolutely aside. According
to the rules, the Academy
should arrange an ex-
hibition, open to all
Swedish artists, at least
once every three years.
At the time, more than

"evening" by alp red bergstrom ... , . ,

eight years had passed

without any such exhibition

—a progress that has given Sweden an art so having been held, and as there appeared to be no
charming in its vigour and youthful strength that it hope of bringing the Academy to its senses and

"breakers "

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by oscar hullgren