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Erik TryggelinSwedish Impressionist Sunset Landscape with Fisherman – Erik Tryggelin1930
1930
About the Item
Erik Tryggelin (1878–1962) Sweden
Sunset with Fisherman, 19–20 October 1930
signed and dated lower right E. Tryggelin 20/10 1930
inscribed lower left 19/10
oil on canvas laid on masonite
unframed 16.5 × 29 cm (6.5 × 11.4 in)
framed 27 × 40 cm (10.6 × 15.7 in)
presented in a newly gilded frame
Provenance:
Swedish private collection
Essay
This painting captures the quiet drama of sunset across open water and low shoreline. Erik Tryggelin builds the composition around the descending sun, which burns near the horizon and sends out broad rays of warm colour across the sky. Tones of rose, apricot, pale gold, and violet dissolve into one another, creating an atmosphere of transience and stillness. The surface of the water below reflects these colours in soft horizontal bands, so that sky and land appear joined by the same fading light.
The composition is notable for its simplicity and balance. The horizon is placed low, allowing the sky to dominate the scene and making light itself the principal subject. A fisherman appears to the left beside a modest wooden structure near the shore. His small and solitary presence lends the painting a sense of human scale, but he remains secondary to the vastness of the natural setting. Above, a group of birds moves through the evening sky, adding rhythm and life to the upper portion of the composition.
Tryggelin’s handling is fluid and impressionistic. The brushwork remains open and visible, particularly in the sky, where strokes radiate outward from the sun and suggest the changing atmosphere of a late autumn evening. The water is painted with lighter, more horizontal touches, giving the surface a calm shimmer. This contrast between the expansive sky and the quiet water creates a mood of contemplative stillness, interrupted only by the gentle movement of birds and the implied activity of the lone fisherman.
Erik Tryggelin was born in Stockholm in 1878 and trained at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts before continuing his studies in Paris. He worked as painter, draughtsman, printmaker, and photographer, and throughout his career he showed a particular sensitivity to fleeting conditions of light and weather. He is especially admired for scenes in which atmosphere becomes the true subject of the image, whether in city views, coastal settings, or open landscapes.
Condition report:
The painting is in very fine condition with clear and well preserved colours. The surface has recently been professionally cleaned, revealing the freshness of the palette and the delicacy of the brushwork. Small pinholes are visible in the corners, original to the artist’s practice of attaching his works with drawing pins when exhibiting. The work is presented in a newly gilded frame.
- Creator:Erik Tryggelin (1878 - 1962, Swedish)
- Creation Year:1930
- Dimensions:Height: 10.63 in (27 cm)Width: 15.75 in (40 cm)
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- Condition:The painting is in very fine condition with clear and well preserved colours. The surface has recently been professionally cleaned, revealing the freshness of the palette and the delicacy of the brushwork. Small pinholes are visible in the corners.
- Gallery Location:Stockholm, SE
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1445217763042
Erik Tryggelin
Erik Tryggelin (1878–1962)
Erik Tryggelin was a Swedish painter, draughtsman and photographer, born in Stockholm in 1878. He studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts in Stockholm before continuing his artistic training in Paris between 1911 and 1913, where he encountered the international art scene and the emerging currents of modernism.
Although exposed to avant-garde movements during his time in Paris, Tryggelin remained committed to a more traditional, observational style of painting rooted in the late nineteenth-century plein-air tradition. His works are often characterized by atmospheric light, balanced compositions, and a quiet narrative quality.
Tryggelin became particularly known for his depictions of Swedish towns and landscapes, frequently portraying motifs from Stockholm, Visby and especially Vadstena. His paintings often capture tranquil streets, waterfronts and everyday scenes, rendered with a subtle sensitivity to mood and evening light.
Today Erik Tryggelin’s work is represented in several important Swedish collections, including Nationalmuseum, Nordiska museet, Stockholm City Museum and Uppsala University Library. His paintings offer a poetic glimpse of Swedish urban and rural life during the early twentieth century and remain appreciated for their calm atmosphere and finely observed sense of place.
This exhibition presents a selection of paintings by Erik Tryggelin, highlighting his distinctive interpretation of Swedish landscapes and historic towns.
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