© Ragnar Sandberg/Bildupphovsrätt 2024
Morgonbad
Artist
Ragnar Sandberg
(Sverige, 1902 - 1972)
Alternate Title
- The Morning Dip
Date1934 - 1935
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsBildmått: 64 × 91 cm
Ram: 68 × 94,5 × 3,5 cm
ClassificationPaintings
Credit LinePurchase 1952
Countries
On view
StockholmRoomGallery 01:11
Object NumberNM 4933
About the artworkIn an intense pink light, a few people have gathered on a jetty for an early morning swim in the nude. Colour, light and shade are the main elements, as so often in Sandberg’s works from the 1930s. Both the vibrant colours – inspired by the French painter Pierre Bonnard – and the Swedish west coast setting, are typical of the so-called Gothenburg Colourists, such as Ivan Ivarson and Åke Göransson. In light, shimmering, momentary images they portrayed street life and leisure. In the 1940s, Sandberg’s palette was subdued and his compositions grew more geometric. Between 1947 and 1958, Sandberg was a professor at the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Signerad i nedre högra hörnet med grönt "R.S." Selected exhibition history Mannen med det blå ansiktet (den 15 maj 2021 - den 30 januari 2022) Moderna Museet Malmö 10 historier - svensk konst 1910-1945 ur Moderna Museets samling (2007) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Ingens hundar: svensk konst genom hundra år (1998) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Rosa segel. Svensk modernism i Moderna Museets samling (den 17 juni 2023 - den 3 augusti 2025) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Samlingsutställning 2004 - 2011 - I vår tid (2004 - 2011) Moderna Museet, Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues 10 historier : svensk konst 1910-1945 ur Moderna Museets samling : [2/6 - 9/9 2007]
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Signerad i nedre högra hörnet med grönt "R.S." Selected exhibition history Mannen med det blå ansiktet (den 15 maj 2021 - den 30 januari 2022) Moderna Museet Malmö 10 historier - svensk konst 1910-1945 ur Moderna Museets samling (2007) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Ingens hundar: svensk konst genom hundra år (1998) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Rosa segel. Svensk modernism i Moderna Museets samling (den 17 juni 2023 - den 3 augusti 2025) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Samlingsutställning 2004 - 2011 - I vår tid (2004 - 2011) Moderna Museet, Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues 10 historier : svensk konst 1910-1945 ur Moderna Museets samling : [2/6 - 9/9 2007]