Sweden - Art

Oskar Bergman (1879–1963) Sweden Sunset through the Pines, 1906 signed and dated lower left “Oskar Bergman 1906” oil on canvas laid down on board unframed 37 × 55 cm (14.6 × 21.7 i...

A large Swedish waterfall, Stora Sjöfallet in Gällivare, signed and dated Arth. Kriström 1921. Oil on canvas. Presented in a dark, carved wooden frame which is period and original. T...

Twilight landscape with a river and mountains, signed and dated A. de Bylandt 1856, oil on canvas. The present painting depicts a tranquil river landscape in late afternoon or early...

Paul Fischer (1860–1934) Denmark Portrait of a Young Girl in a Striped Dress, c. 1895-1905.  signed lower right “Paul Fischer” oil on canvas unframed 34 × 23 cm (13.4 × 9.1 in...

CARL JOHAN FORSBERG (1868–1938) Sweden THE BACINO DI SAN MARCO, VENICE, 1927 inscribed and dated lower left “VENEZIA XXVII” and signed lower right “CARL JOHAN FORSBERG” unframed 6...

Swedish coastal moonlight scene with sailing boats signed H. Gunnarsson, oil on canvas. A large scale marine painting depicting several sailing boats navigating a moderately rough se...

A quiet, possibly morning, coastal or archipelago landscape under a clearing sky by Godfred Christensen (1845-1928) A tergo a note in Danish “Et lille Minde om Danmark fra Gerda Godf...

Osvald Lundgren (1888–1977) Sweden Vårvinter (Late Winter), 1928 signed and dated lower right “O. Lundgren 1928” gouache on paper unframed 29.5 × 24 cm (11.6 × 9.4 in) framed 39.5 ...

A finely painted profile portrait of a Miniature Pinscher by Richardis Sörvik, executed during the early 20th century. Oil on panel. The present painting depicts a black and brown Mi...

Fritz Lindström (1874–1962) Sweden The Plain near Väsby, Skåne, 1917 signed with monogram and dated lower left “FL -17” oil on board unframed 34 × 49.5 cm (13.4 × 19.5 in) framed 4...

Joy in Motion is an original acrylic painting on canvas that combines contemporary figurative painting with geometric abstraction. The artwork captures a carefree childhood moment as...

Carl Johansson (1863–1944) Sweden Northern Swedish Landscape, c. 1920 signed lower right Carl Johansson oil on panel unframed 28.5 × 43.5 cm (11.2 × 17.1 in) framed 38.5 × 54 cm (1...

Olof Arborelius (1842–1915) Sweden Fishing Boats in Moonlight, probably Stockholm Archipelago signed lower right O. Arborelius oil on canvas unframed 59 × 89 cm (23.2 × 35 in) fram...

Gerhard Henning (1880–1967) Swedish-Danish Flöjtspelaren (The Flute Player), 1904 signed with monogram and dated lower left charcoal and ink on paper unframed 33 × 24 cm (13 × 9.4...

Female Head Study signed with monogram and dated 1883 lower right by Axel Kulle (1846–1908). Oil on canvas laid down on panel. Original giltwood frame with relief ornamentation. The ...

Swedish Winter Landscape at Sunset signed Olof Farm, Oil on canvas. Original brown stained frame with carved gilded floral ornamentation. This winter landscape depicts a gently rolli...

The composition captures a girl in mid-motion, running alongside a vivid geometric rabbit through a summer forest. Loose, layered brushwork and vertical streaks create a strong sense...

Tall ship at sunset, oil on canvas, signed and dated “Otto Lindberg 1925” A tranquil maritime scene rendered in a delicate palette of violet, rose, lavender and warm yellow. Against ...

Abstract Composition, "Nattligt" (Nocturnal) possibly from Blidö, Swedish island in the archipelago. Oil on canvas laid on panel, signed with monogram lower centre "UW". The present...

"Something in the Air" represents a definitive addition to my active collection, "Sovereign Solitude." As an independent American abstract expressionist painter operating a full-ti...

Nordic lake at dusk, oil on canvas. Probably painted by a Swedish artist in the early twentieth century. This tranquil lakeside landscape captures the quiet atmosphere of dusk as the...

Sunset at Öresund with Kronborg Castle, late 19th century Danish school, oil on canvas. Original gilt wood frame. The present small format painting depicts Öresund at dusk, viewed from the Danish coast, with Kronborg Castle visible across the water in the middle distance. The castle is shown in a subdued atmospheric light, its towers and buildings softly defined against the pale evening sky. Several sailing boats are visible on the Sound, while in the foreground a small wooden boat has been hauled up onto the sandy shore. Rocks, posts and traces of seaweed provide additional detail along the water's edge. The work, most likely from the end of the 19th century, is executed on an unusually small canvas for a finished coastal view of this type. The intimate format, measuring only 18 × 14 cm, suggests that it may have been painted as a small personal memento, study, or gift, rather than as a formal exhibition work. The restrained palette of pale blue, ochre, grey and warm yellow is particularly effective in conveying the evening light. The distant architecture is handled with a light and economical touch, while the foreground boat and shoreline are painted with more defined brushwork. Despite its modest dimensions, the artist has created a convincing sense of recession from the beach across the water towards Kronborg. Kronborg and the surrounding coastline of northern Zealand were important subjects for Danish artists throughout the 19th century. The area around Helsingør, Kronborg and Øresund attracted painters from the Danish Golden Age onwards, while the coast and fishing communities continued to provide subjects for later 19th-century artists. Marine painting was an established speciality within Danish art, with artists such as Carl Dahl, Carl Frederik Sørensen...

Mary Kirschbaum, Sweden Woman by a Lake at Sunset, c. 1890 signed oil on canvas unframed 23 × 33 cm (9.1 × 13 in) framed 33 × 43 cm (13 × 16.9 in) Provenance: Private collection, ...

Venetian School, late 15th century Saint Paul the Apostle oil on panel unframed 44.5 × 23.5 cm (17.5 × 9.3 in) framed 64 × 42 cm (25.2 × 16.5 in) No signature Provenance: Private ...

This landscape from 1931 is an outstanding example of Otto Lindberg's mature production. Painted most likely in the surroundings of his native Söderhamn, the composition captures the...

Hilding Werner (1880–1944) Sweden Landscape with Cloud Formations inscribed and authenticated by the artist on the reverse: “Anstående målning (utkast) är utförd av Hilding Werner”...

This landscape from 1938 depicts the countryside around Ramsele in Ångermanland, northern Sweden. A winding country road leads the viewer into the composition, passing open fields an...

Carl Johansson (1863–1944) Sweden Lavaklippstrand, Tenerife (Lava Coast, Tenerife), 1894 signed lower left “Carl Johansson” oil on canvas, executed in grisaille unframed 27.5 × 49.5 cm (10.8 × 19.5 in) framed 39 × 61 cm (15.4 × 24 in) Literature: För Svenska Hem. Illustrerad Familjetidskrift, first year, 1895–1896, issue 26, pp. 416–417, reproduced across the centre spread. The contemporary caption reads: “Bild från Tenerife: Lavaklippstrand. Efter en oljemålning för ‘För Sv. Hem’ af Carl Johansson.” Condition report: Please contact the gallery for a detailed condition report. Essay: Painted during Carl Johansson’s journey to Tenerife in 1894, Lavaklippstrand presents the volcanic Atlantic coastline as an austere study of rock, water and light. Jagged formations of dark lava dominate the foreground and middle distance, breaking the surface of the sea in an irregular progression towards the horizon. Behind them, the coast dissolves gradually into mist, while the almost colourless sky occupies the upper half of the composition. The painting is unusually restrained for a landscape executed during a period when Johansson had recently encountered the brighter palette of modern French painting. Here, instead, he deliberately reduces the scene to a near monochrome range of blacks, greys, browns and white. Johansson was born in Härnösand in 1863 and studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm between 1882 and 1885, where his teachers included Edvard Perséus and the landscape painter Per Daniel Holm. He belonged to the generation of Swedish artists that increasingly looked beyond academic landscape conventions during the 1880s and 1890s. A period in France in 1891 and 1892 brought him into closer contact with contemporary French landscape painting...

After Amaldus Nielsen (1838–1932) Norway Evening at Fredrikstad, 1918 signed indistinctly, possibly “Hj. U…”, and dated “18” lower right oil on board unframed 42 × 55 cm (16.5 × 21.7 in) framed 53 × 65 cm (20.9 × 25.6 in) Comparative work: Amaldus Nielsen, Aften ved Fredrikstad (Evening at Fredrikstad), 1909, oil on canvas, present location unknown. Condition report: Very good condition with bright and clear colors. Ready to hang. Please contact the gallery for a detailed condition report. Essay: This atmospheric evening seascape was painted in 1918 by an as yet unidentified artist and closely follows Amaldus Nielsen’s Aften ved Fredrikstad of 1909. The relationship between the two compositions is unmistakable. In both, a sailing boat occupies the central waters beneath an expansive and dramatically clouded sky, while a narrow strip of intense evening light separates sea from horizon. Smaller vessels recede into the distance, establishing both scale and a sense of stillness across the broad surface of the water. The present painting is nevertheless not a mechanical copy. The unidentified artist has altered several details and developed the scene through a more concentrated and chromatically intense palette. The central vessel is brought into sharper prominence, its sails forming a strong silhouette against the illuminated horizon. Deep blues dominate the foreground water and the upper sky, while streaks of orange, ochre and pale turquoise register the last light of sunset. The sky occupies approximately two thirds of the composition and becomes almost a subject in itself. Heavy clouds gather above the tranquil water, their dark masses opening intermittently to reveal passages of luminous blue and warm reflected light. The model for the composition was created by Amaldus Nielsen, one of the most important Norwegian painters of the coast during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Born at Halse near Mandal in 1838, Nielsen studied in Copenhagen before continuing his training with Hans Gude at the Düsseldorf Academy. Gude’s emphasis on close observation of landscape remained fundamental to Nielsen, but he gradually moved away from the constructed romantic landscape towards an increasingly direct study of nature. Nielsen became especially associated with the coastlines of southern and western Norway and has often been described as one of Norway’s earliest naturalist landscape painters. From the 1860s onward he frequently completed paintings outdoors before the motif, an unusually direct working method in Norwegian art of the period. Light, weather and changing atmospheric conditions became central to his practice. The same location might be returned to repeatedly under different conditions of morning, evening, mist or changing weather. Fredrikstad and its surrounding archipelago formed part of this geography. Nielsen is documented working at Arisholmen near Fredrikstad as early as 1884, and surviving paintings demonstrate his continued interest in the coastal landscape of Østfold. By the time he painted Aften ved Fredrikstad in 1909, the theme of boats at rest or moving quietly across evening water had become deeply embedded within his art. The 1909 painting...

Helmer Osslund (1866–1938) Sweden Northern Swedish Landscape signed lower right Helmer Osslund oil on greaseproof paper laid down on panel unframed 17 × 33.5 cm (6.7 × 13.2 in) fra...

French School, late 17th Century Mediterranean Harbour with Lighthouse and Shipping oil on panel, circular composition unframed 20 cm (7.9 in) framed 33.5 × 33.5 cm (13.2 × 13.2 in...

Coastal summer landscape with red cottage in the Swedish archipelago. Signed and dated "Erik Abrahamsson Storvik Aug 1900", oil on canvas. A coastal landscape depicting a traditional...

Aurora over a Northern Lake, signed and dated “G Claeson 1916”, oil on canvas. This evocative landscape, executed in an expressionist manner, and on the same time almost modern, cap...

This moonlit harbor scene is painted with remarkable spontaneity and freedom. A dark sailing vessel rises against a glowing path of reflected moonlight, while the surrounding boats, ...

Swedish Summer landscape with river and trees. Oil on canvas signed and dated “John Kindborg 89” lower right. The present painting, dated 1889, depicts a Swedish summer landscape wit...

This painting is part of my newest collection titled Sovereign Solitude which marks a deliberate, structural shift in my studio practice. Following an intensive 18-month immersion in...

An art deco terracotta-painted plaster sculpture of a standing partly nude woman holding a tray, signed and dated "KA (19)15" by Swedish sculptor Knut Andersson (1884–1954). This pie...

This intimate landscape from 1888 belongs to Anton Genberg’s early mature period and reveals the qualities that would later establish him as one of Sweden’s foremost painters of atmo...

Musical Still Life. This atmospheric musical still life is arranged around a violin resting on a deep red drapery, illuminated by the glow of a burning candle. The candlelight falls ...

A contemporary modern figurative painting combining expressive realism with geometric abstraction. The artwork brings together elements of Contemporary Art and Modern Art through its...

Dick Beer was born in London in 1893 as Richard Beer, the youngest of five sons of the Swedish painter John Beer. After the death of both parents in 1906 and 1907, he came to Sweden ...

Otto Lindberg (1880–1955) Sweden Lake at Sunset, 1934 signed and dated lower right Otto Lindberg 1934 oil on canvas unframed 60 × 120 cm (23.6 × 47.2 in) framed 75 × 135 cm (29.5 ×...

This atmospheric marine painting, Twilight in Gibraltar, is a characteristic work by the Danish artist Lauritz (Laurits) Bernhard Holst (1848–1934), whose oeuvre is closely associate...

Circle of Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich (1712–1774) Germany Head of an Elderly Bearded Man oil on panel unframed 28 × 22.5 cm (11 × 8.9 in) framed 44.5 × 38.5 cm (17.5 × 15.2 in...

"What's Seldom Is Wonderful REVISITED" holds a distinct course in my active studio practice. Initially considered complete months ago, I lived with the surface until its underlying a...

This summer landscape with horses grazing in a paddock under the rays of the sun beside a rural farmstead is a finely executed drawing in brown, signed lower right by Swedish female artist Ester Almqvist (1869-1934). A winding path leads the viewer into the composition, where buildings, fences, and vegetation define a cultivated countryside. Two horses stand quietly within the enclosed field, their forms rendered with spare yet assured lines. Above them, the sun shines from a clear sky, its rays spreading outward in rhythmic, hand-drawn strokes that cover all of the sky. The composition is built through a lively and vibrating pen line, where hatching and linear repetition create both texture and luminosity. The warm sepia tone unifies the scene, while the expressive draughtsmanship conveys a sense of immediacy and presence. The motif is elevated through a distinctly personal interpretation of landscape and light. Ester Dorothea Almqvist was born in 1869 in Bromma, Stockholm and died in 1934 in Lund, south Sweden. She emerged as a significant figure in Swedish art at the turn of the twentieth century, initially associated with the National Romantic movement, before later contributing to the introduction of modernist tendencies in Sweden through a highly individual synthesis of Neo Impressionist and Expressionist elements. Her early life was shaped by a religious and intellectually engaged environment. Almqvist lived her entire life with a physical disability caused by a spinal deformity, which limited her mobility but did not prevent her from pursuing an artistic career. Following her mother’s death, Almqvist broke with her earlier environment and relocated to Skåne, where she would spend the greater part of her professional life. The landscapes of southern Sweden became central to her artistic production and provided the basis for many of her most characteristic works. Her artistic education began at Tekniska skolan in Stockholm (1888–1891), where she received foundational training in drawing and design. She continued her studies through private lessons with the history painter Gustaf Cederström, but chose not to apply to the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Instead, she pursued further training at Valand Art School in Gothenburg, where instruction was led by prominent artists such as Carl Larsson and Richard Bergh. She also studied for a period at the Konstnärsförbundet’s school (Artists' Association), under the guidance of Per Hasselberg and Bruno Liljefors...

The hat-maker or the milliner is depicting a kitchen interior with a young woman making a straw hat with ribbon and flowers. Watercolor, late 19th century, signed "Carlton A Smith". Dressed in a pale blouse, green apron and deep crimson skirt, she carefully threads a bright green ribbon through a broad straw hat adorned with poppy flowers. At her feet stands an open workbox overflowing with fabrics, ribbons and millinery materials, while baskets and worktables in the softly shadowed background reinforce the impression of a busy artisan's studio. Warm daylight entering from the side illuminates the figure and her work, creating a pleasing contrast between the richly colored foreground and the subdued interior. Executed with delicacy, the watercolor demonstrates Carlton Alfred Smith...

This finely observed oil study of breaking waves, signed W. v Gegerfelt, captures the restless movement of the sea as it rolls toward the shore in layered, green-toned swells. The co...

This lively city view from Vadstena was executed over two consecutive days in late October 1930. Erik Tryggelin records the scene with remarkable immediacy, capturing the fleeting at...

Executed in 1911, just three years after Margherita Kronberg graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, this early drawing portrays the artist’s younger brother, Staffan, dressed...

"A Turbulence Left Inside" represents a definitive, large scale addition to my active collection, "Sovereign Solitude." As an independent American abstract expressionist painter op...

Owe Zerge (1894–1983) Sweden Blåsippor och vitsippor (Blue and White Anemones) signed lower left Owe Zerge oil on panel unframed 54 × 64.5 cm (21.3 × 25.4 in) framed 70 × 80 cm (27...

This remarkable double-sided devotional painting on copper showcases exceptional craftsmanship and deep spiritual reverence. On the recto, a finely rendered portrait of Saint Bernade...

Swedish winter landscape at dusk. The painting depicts a quiet winter landscape in the late afternoon and the setting sun, rendered in warm, softly atmospheric colors. Snow-covered ...

This intimate studio interior from 1930 belongs to the more psychologically engaging side of Carlo Hornung Jensen’s oeuvre. A seated woman has paused beside her easel and turned towa...

Summer Day with Three Birches on Rolling Fields. A bright summer landscape depicting three birch trees standing before gently rolling fields and cultivated farmland, with a lake and ...

This charming landscape from 1933 depicts a farmstead on Fårö, the island situated north of Gotland in the Baltic Sea. In the foreground stands a characteristic stone barn with a tha...

Georg Stoopendaal (1866–1953) A Woman in the Field oil on board signed G.S unframed 23 × 31 cm (9 × 12 ¼ in) framed 33 × 41 cm (13 × 16 ⅛ in) In this quietly atmospheric scene, a ...

This French summer landscape with surrounding river water and dense vegetation with trees is signed and dated E.P. Norselius 1923. It is painted during this Swedish artist’s years in...

Pair of small oil paintings (studies) by Oscar Julius Paulsen (1860-1932) depicting a plum branch, the other a cherry branch with fruit. Both have light backgrounds and are mounted i...