Självporträtt med palett

by Helene Schjerfbeck

Artist Helene Schjerfbeck (Finland, 1862 - 1946)

Alternate Title

Self-portrait with Palette

Date1937

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsBildmått: 54,5 × 41 cm Ram: 65,5 × 53 × 7,5 cm

Classification

Paintings

Countries

Finland

Credit LineDonation 1970 enligt testamente från Henrik Nissen

Object NumberNM 6326

The artwork is on outgoing loan

About the artworkIn her self-portrait with palette Helene Schjerfbeck is looking down and to the left, probably into a mirror. Her expression is both empty and sunk in her work. Her right eyebrow is raised, perhaps unconsciously, in a concentrated look that has been smoothed out and frozen into a mask. This is not a flattering portrait. The strong expression of feelings is communicated with restraint. When she painted this portrait in 1937 she was over 70 years old. She returns to a self-portrait from 1915, which she had since varied on several occasions. The dark and the light areas in the background presumably represent the wall and the ceiling. We perceive in this self-portrait, in the rounding of the eye sockets, a stylisation that approaches abstraction. Selected exhibition history Moderna Museets samling i ny presentation (1998-2000) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Ny presentation av samlingen (2000-2002) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Konstnären (den 11 februari 2016 - den 4 september 2016) Nationalmuseum, Stockholm Konstnären (den 24 september 2016 - den 19 februari 2017) Moderna Museet Malmö Mannen med det blå ansiktet (den 15 maj 2021 - den 30 januari 2022) Moderna Museet Malmö Samlingsutställning 2019-2022 (den 1 februari 2019 - den 27 augusti 2023) Moderna Museet, Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Konstnären : [Moderna Museet Malmö 24/9 2016-19/2 2017] Bibliography Ahtela, H, Helena Schjerfbeck , Stockholm, Helsingfors 1953 Ahtola - Moorhouse, Leena, Helene Schjerfbecks självporträtt, Sulvaka, Finland 2000 Appelgren , Hanna - Helene Schjerfbeck: En biografisk konturteckning, Stockholm 1949 Bergström, Lea; Cedercreutz-Suhonen Sue red, Helene Schjerfbeck, modeller. Gummerus Kirjapanio Oy Jyväskylä 2003 Enckell, Carolus, Ensamhetskänslan och det melankoliska i Helen Schjerfbecks självporträtt, Hjärnstorm Stockholm, nr 65 sid. 44-45 1998 Holger Lena, Helene Schjerfbeck: Kvinnor, mansporträtt… Stockholm, 1997 Holger, Lena Helene Schjerfbeck: teckningar och akvareller, Stockholm 1994 Holger, Lena Helene Schjerfbeck: Liv och konstnärskap, Stockholm 1987 Schjerfbeck, Helene, Konstnären är känslans arbetare, Malmö 1992

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