Porträtt av Nils Santesson

by Ivan Lönnberg

Artist Ivan Lönnberg (Sverige, 1891 - 1918)

Alternate Title

Portrait of Nils Santesson

Date1914

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsBildmått: 81 × 45 cm Ram: 86,4 × 50,2 × 3,2 cm

ClassificationPaintings

Credit LinePurchase 2018 funded by The Gerard Bonnier Foundation

Countries

Sweden

On view

Stockholm

RoomGallery 01:12

Object NumberMOM/2018/112

CollectionsThe Gerard Bonnier Collection

About the artworkThis portrait of Nils Santesson was painted by Ivan Lönnberg, who had moved to Paris to share an apartment and studio with his friend. Santesson had been sentenced for “homosexual crimes” in Sweden and left the country when he was released from prison. France was one of the few countries where same-sex relations were not against the law. Three of Lönnberg’s self-portraits can be seen in the studio interior. Studios often served as subversive and safe places for marginalised groups, where identities could be explored and formulated. Lönnberg’s works have strong similarities with the naivist style of his friend Nils Dardel at the time. Along with the art dealers Wilhelm Uhde and Alfred Flechtheim and Rolf de Maré of the Ballets Suédois, they belonged to a network that rejected the prevailing norms.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Monogramsignatur i blyerts på baksidan på spännramen i nedre högra hörnet, Etikett på spännramen: 18-29635-005 Moderna 2018-11-20 IVAN LÖNNBERG 1891-1918 Porträtt av skulptören Nils 250 000-300 000 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

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