Såpbubblor

by Vera Nilsson

Artist Vera Nilsson (Sverige, 1888 - 1979)

Alternate Title

Soap Bubbles

Date1927

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsBildmått: 68 × 89,5 cm Ram: 73 × 94,2 × 2,7 cm

Classification

Paintings

Countries

Sweden

Credit LineDonation 1953 från Moderna Museets Vänner

Object NumberNM 5120

CollectionsModerna Museets Vänner

The artwork is on outgoing loan

About the artworkIn Soap Bubbles, small meets grand, light meets heavy, eternity meets transience. Vera Nilsson received a travel grant to go to Italy, and painted her daughter Catharina in the small town of Numana on the Adriatic coast. Being a woman and a modernist in the early 20th century meant taking a stand, artistically and socially. Vera Nilsson became known as a “painter of children”, but children were not her subject. She painted individuals. She saw a human being, where others saw a genre. Vera Nilsson strongly believed that art should be accessible to the public, and she actively promoted the artistic embellishment of the T-Centralen underground station in Stockholm in the 1950s. In 1954, she was the first woman to be appointed a fellow of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in the 1900s. Signatures, inscriptions and marks Signerad i nedre vänster hörn "VN", På baksidan utställningsetiketter, inskrift "Tillhör Thorsten ....rg", etikett med urspunglig ägarbeteckning "Direktör Thorsten Laurin" Selected exhibition history Ingens hundar: svensk konst genom hundra år (1998) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Vera Nilsson (den 15 maj 2002 - den 1 september 2002) Kalmar Konstmuseum I förvillelsens tid. Vera Nilssons teckningar och skisser 1910-1970/ Times of Aberration. Scetches and drawings by Vera Nilsson 1910 - 1970 (2001-2002) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Hyllningar - Moderna Museets Vänner 50 år (2003) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Från sekelskifte till 1940-tal Moderna Museet, Stockholm Rosa segel. Svensk modernism i Moderna Museets samling (den 17 juni 2023 - den 3 augusti 2025) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Moderna Museet c/o Bror Hjorths Hus - Färg och form (2003) Bror Hjorths Hus, Uppsala Givet av MMV (1972) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Samlingsutställning 2004 - 2011 - I vår tid (2004 - 2011) Moderna Museet, Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Givet av Moderna Museets vänner : [Moderna Museet : 22.1 - 13.2 1972]Färg och form : Moderna Museet c/o Bror Hjorths Hus : [28 februari - 21 april 2003]Vera Nilsson : I förvillelsens tid : en utställning kring Vera Nilssons skissböcker : [Moderna Museet 13/10 2001-6/1 2002]

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