DOI Artikel:
Oliver, Maude I. G.: Swedish art at the St. Louis exposition
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20710#0073
Swedish Art at St. Louis
the several women-artists of Sweden is the land- gaining excellent success in their special line of
scapist Charlotte Wahlstrom, whose clever technique portraiture, exhibit four works each. Emil
is admirably depicted in her Summer Evening. Osterman, " the King painter," shows a frank,
Among other painters of the younger "set" in intelligent example of brush-work in his portrait of
landscape painting, Messrs. Carl Johanson and the landscape painter, " J." The inimitable Zorn
Gustaf Ancarcrona are rapidly carving for them- is honoured by the space of nearly half a room
selves enviable positions, and both of these excel- being devoted to his work, the larger proportion of
lent painters ought to win high , renown ere which consists of portraits, although some ideal
long. compositions are among the number. His Bathing
In the case of portrait workers the list is not so Girl is a treatment of restless, easy movement, of
numerous as among landscape artists. Further- warm sunshine and of natural, glowing life. The
more, the only element of incompleteness in the drawing, Mother and Daughter, by Carl Larsson,
whole collection is felt in the absence of examples possesses a delightful charm of simplicity and
from such masters as Prof. Count von Rosen, Prof. truth, a feature that is apparent in all the admir-
Julius Kronberg, Richard Bergh, Emerik Stenberg, able works he is exhibiting. Exhibits by Gustaf
and some others. However, the works by some ot Wallen, Fanny Brate, Lotten Bonnkvist, with
the younger men partially compensate for this defici- a number of others, are worthy of mention, and
ency. Of these, Olle Hjortzberg, the very youngest help to put Sweden far to the front in the modern
of all, who holds the Stockholm Art Academy art world.
" stipendium," has presented an exceedingly striking Perhaps there is no greater exponent of Swedish
subject in The Holy Maiden on Her Way to the ait at its best than the clever and resourceful
Te7>iple (page 58). Wilhelm Smith, also scarcely painter of wild animals, Bruno Liljefors, a man
beyond his student and still in his travelling years, who even in the days of his less impressionistic
selects his incident from types and scenery of work sought only for truth, and who succeeded in
Southern Europe. Already his paintings are being breathing into his creations something that was more
purchased for the museums of Stockholm and thanthemeresuggestionof nature. His paintings were
Gothenburg, and his countrymen predict much for the very essence and spirit of life, which he declared
his future. The Osterman twin brothers, who are to us through his noble colouring and his wonderful
'EAGLE AND HARE " BY BRUNO LILJEFORS
56
the several women-artists of Sweden is the land- gaining excellent success in their special line of
scapist Charlotte Wahlstrom, whose clever technique portraiture, exhibit four works each. Emil
is admirably depicted in her Summer Evening. Osterman, " the King painter," shows a frank,
Among other painters of the younger "set" in intelligent example of brush-work in his portrait of
landscape painting, Messrs. Carl Johanson and the landscape painter, " J." The inimitable Zorn
Gustaf Ancarcrona are rapidly carving for them- is honoured by the space of nearly half a room
selves enviable positions, and both of these excel- being devoted to his work, the larger proportion of
lent painters ought to win high , renown ere which consists of portraits, although some ideal
long. compositions are among the number. His Bathing
In the case of portrait workers the list is not so Girl is a treatment of restless, easy movement, of
numerous as among landscape artists. Further- warm sunshine and of natural, glowing life. The
more, the only element of incompleteness in the drawing, Mother and Daughter, by Carl Larsson,
whole collection is felt in the absence of examples possesses a delightful charm of simplicity and
from such masters as Prof. Count von Rosen, Prof. truth, a feature that is apparent in all the admir-
Julius Kronberg, Richard Bergh, Emerik Stenberg, able works he is exhibiting. Exhibits by Gustaf
and some others. However, the works by some ot Wallen, Fanny Brate, Lotten Bonnkvist, with
the younger men partially compensate for this defici- a number of others, are worthy of mention, and
ency. Of these, Olle Hjortzberg, the very youngest help to put Sweden far to the front in the modern
of all, who holds the Stockholm Art Academy art world.
" stipendium," has presented an exceedingly striking Perhaps there is no greater exponent of Swedish
subject in The Holy Maiden on Her Way to the ait at its best than the clever and resourceful
Te7>iple (page 58). Wilhelm Smith, also scarcely painter of wild animals, Bruno Liljefors, a man
beyond his student and still in his travelling years, who even in the days of his less impressionistic
selects his incident from types and scenery of work sought only for truth, and who succeeded in
Southern Europe. Already his paintings are being breathing into his creations something that was more
purchased for the museums of Stockholm and thanthemeresuggestionof nature. His paintings were
Gothenburg, and his countrymen predict much for the very essence and spirit of life, which he declared
his future. The Osterman twin brothers, who are to us through his noble colouring and his wonderful
'EAGLE AND HARE " BY BRUNO LILJEFORS
56