DOI Heft:
No. 132 ( March, 1904)
DOI Artikel:Tallberg, Axel: Modern painting in Sweden
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19881#0125
Modern Painting in Sweden
sesses a very fine eye for
colour and is a most
charming painter, but he
seems to neglect somewhat
the characteristic qualities
aty&ggr of his subjects, and as a con-
*WT7&^gi|flnButlffSj ... H&,ljm^m&ikmi^iiMHk* sequence of this his like-
nesses are not always to be
relied upon. His rendering
is, however, invariably
brilliant and fascinating.
Of Osterman, the King-
painter, I have already
spoken in The Studio, and
the once famous Jungstedt
is hardly worth mentioning
"at noontide" by nils kreuger stiu >'oun& worked himself
out. Let us hope it is only
a temporary disablement.
out a great number of works, many of which The landscape men in the Academy are rather
must be considered as masterpieces in the difficult more interesting than their figure-painting colleagues,
art of portrait-painting, but above all he is They are all, with the exception of Arborelius,
conspicuous as Sweden's " painter in the great." Wahlherg and Rydberg, young men. The chief
Some of his historical pictures are still unsurpassed leaders are Kallstenius and Schultzberg, both most
in Swedish art, and not a few of his genres, mostly devoted lovers of their art, and both convincingly
treating subjects belonging to the 14th and 15th earnest in the execution of their works. Bergstrom,
centuries, are excellent in their way. Julius although he is very uneven in his productions, may
Kronberg is a most intelligent and clever decorative also be ranked with these two. Some of his pictures
painter; in the matter of draughtsmanship, com- are gems in their way, while others are absolutely
position and colour perhaps one of the very best worthless. Rosenberg's strength and rough vigour
now living. He has done some great decorative gives, sometimes, very good results, but a little
works lately which show that his long-admired more piety and tenderness in his approach to
ability is not at all dimin-
ished since the days
when he first made his
name about thirty years
ago. These artists are,
however, not to be ranked
among the creators of the
modern art of Sweden,
although they may be
justly considered as
pioneers in the move-
ment that led to the revo-
lutionary action of 1885.
Bjorck, Osterman, Jung-
stedt and Tiren, are all
comparatively young men.
The most powerful in this
quarter is doubtless Bjorck
who is the " Enfant
Terrible" among the
academicians. He pos- « twilight glow " by b. ahlgrensson
108
sesses a very fine eye for
colour and is a most
charming painter, but he
seems to neglect somewhat
the characteristic qualities
aty&ggr of his subjects, and as a con-
*WT7&^gi|flnButlffSj ... H&,ljm^m&ikmi^iiMHk* sequence of this his like-
nesses are not always to be
relied upon. His rendering
is, however, invariably
brilliant and fascinating.
Of Osterman, the King-
painter, I have already
spoken in The Studio, and
the once famous Jungstedt
is hardly worth mentioning
"at noontide" by nils kreuger stiu >'oun& worked himself
out. Let us hope it is only
a temporary disablement.
out a great number of works, many of which The landscape men in the Academy are rather
must be considered as masterpieces in the difficult more interesting than their figure-painting colleagues,
art of portrait-painting, but above all he is They are all, with the exception of Arborelius,
conspicuous as Sweden's " painter in the great." Wahlherg and Rydberg, young men. The chief
Some of his historical pictures are still unsurpassed leaders are Kallstenius and Schultzberg, both most
in Swedish art, and not a few of his genres, mostly devoted lovers of their art, and both convincingly
treating subjects belonging to the 14th and 15th earnest in the execution of their works. Bergstrom,
centuries, are excellent in their way. Julius although he is very uneven in his productions, may
Kronberg is a most intelligent and clever decorative also be ranked with these two. Some of his pictures
painter; in the matter of draughtsmanship, com- are gems in their way, while others are absolutely
position and colour perhaps one of the very best worthless. Rosenberg's strength and rough vigour
now living. He has done some great decorative gives, sometimes, very good results, but a little
works lately which show that his long-admired more piety and tenderness in his approach to
ability is not at all dimin-
ished since the days
when he first made his
name about thirty years
ago. These artists are,
however, not to be ranked
among the creators of the
modern art of Sweden,
although they may be
justly considered as
pioneers in the move-
ment that led to the revo-
lutionary action of 1885.
Bjorck, Osterman, Jung-
stedt and Tiren, are all
comparatively young men.
The most powerful in this
quarter is doubtless Bjorck
who is the " Enfant
Terrible" among the
academicians. He pos- « twilight glow " by b. ahlgrensson
108