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Livsmedelskö
Livsmedelskö
Livsmedelskö
Photo: Albin Dahlström/Moderna Museet

Livsmedelskö

by Gösta Sandels
Artist (Sverige, 1887 - 1919)
Alternate Title
  • The Food Queue
Date1919
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsBildmått: 73,5 × 100,5 cm Ram: 76,4 × 103,5 × 4,5 cm
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Credit LineInköp 1946 med bidrag från Isaac Grünewald, Inez Leander, Kaj Pineus och Ingrid von Rosen
Object NumberNM 4224
The artwork is on outgoing loan
About the artworkGösta Sandels painted the line of people outside a grocery store in 1919, the year after the armistice of the First World War. Due to the war and crop fail-ures, food was scarce in Sweden, and bread, milk and coffee were rationed. In Stockholm, parks, allotments and public places were dug up to grow potatoes and vegetables. The queue of women and men is painted in muted colours. The women are pale; one of them seems to have fainted at the back of the line – a man in uniform is offering support. Gösta Sandels was born in Gothenburg, moved to Stockholm and studied painting at Konstnärsförbundet’s school. He then travelled around Europe, with his close artist friend Birger Simonsson. He was inspired by van Gogh, Rousseau and Matisse, but also by the old masters. Sandels died the year he made The Food Queue, while travelling in Europe. Selected exhibition history Nationalmuseum och Moderna museet visar 3 decennier svensk konst (1965) Skövde Konsthall Rosa segel. Svensk modernism i Moderna Museets samling (den 17 juni 2023 - den 3 augusti 2025) Moderna Museet, Stockholm 10-talets bilder. Målningar, teckningar, skulpturer, affischer, film, foto, tidningsbilder, texter som får oss att se, uppleva (1972) Länsmuseet Gävleborg, Gävle 10 historier - svensk konst 1910-1945 ur Moderna Museets samling (2007) Moderna Museet, Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues 10-talets bilder : målningar, teckningar, skulpturer, affischer, film, foto, tidningsbilder, texter som får oss att se, uppleva och lära känna 10-talet : Moderna Museet februari - mars 197210 historier : svensk konst 1910-1945 ur Moderna Museets samling : [2/6 - 9/9 2007]Nationalmuseum och Moderna Museet visar 3 decennier svensk konst : Skövde konsthall : 29 aug. - 16 sept. 1965 Bibliography Nordenfalk, Pineus konstsamling, s 167