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Målarens hus
Målarens hus
Målarens hus
Photo: Prallan Allsten/Moderna Museet

Målarens hus

Artist (Sverige, 1899 - 1970)
Alternate Title
  • The Painter's House
Date1942
MediumOil on masonite
DimensionsBildmått (för varje del): 249,5 × 122 cm Bildmått: 249,5 × 366 cm Ram: 267,5 × 386 × 5 cm
ClassificationPaintings
Credit LineDonation 2014 from Klas de Vylder
Countries
On view
Stockholm
Object NumberMOM/2014/36
About the artworkNature is blossoming and everything is buzzing. All is astir around the house in Saltsjöbaden where Sven X-et Erixson and his family have been living for three years. The artist himself is perched on a ladder, working on the façade, while his wife Ingeborg digs in the vegetable patch. Their son Sverre is watering while their daughter Irma plays with her doll. Soon it is time to gather under the parasol for coffee and biscuits. But the idyll is disturbed by three warplanes in the sky. Europe is at war, and the Swedish armed forces are fully mobilized. X-et was well aware of the contrast between his protected life on the outskirts of Stockholm and the horrors of war. He was deeply committed to humanitarianism and equality.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Nedre högra hörnet på komponent 3: SVEN ERIXSON -42, Påskrift med röd penna: OBS. Returneras EFTER UTST I UPSALA TILL FÄRG OCH FORM MALMTORGSGATAN 10 STOCKHOLM, Komponent 1: Etikett med röd ram på baksidan: svårläsligt Sherse (?) Komponent 1: Etikett på baksidan: Nr 42 Åhmells Ram- och Konservator Ateljé Styrmansgatan 7, 114 54 Stockholm Tel. 08-663 54 90 fax 08-663 54 92 Komponent 3: Etikett på baksidan: Nr AG -0012016/001 Erixson, Sven. "Målarens hus". Olja. Utrop 400.000 - 500.000:- M V 2001 Selected exhibition history Samlingsutställning 2019-2022 (den 1 februari 2019 - den 27 augusti 2023) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Rosa segel. Svensk modernism i Moderna Museets samling (den 17 juni 2023 - den 3 augusti 2025) Moderna Museet, Stockholm