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Stadsbild, Italien
Stadsbild, Italien
Stadsbild, Italien

Stadsbild, Italien

by Eric Hallström
Artist (Sverige, 1893 - 1946)
Alternate Title
  • Scene from a Town in Italy
Date1922
DimensionsBildmått: 54 × 71 cm Ram: 57,2 × 74,2 × 3,5 cm
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Credit LineÖverförd 1958 från Konstnärshjälpen
Object NumberNM 5387
The artwork is not on display
About the artworkEric Hallström's paintings are characterised by a narrative delight and an unfailing ability to convey moods. At his debut in 1918, together with Gideon Börje, he presented naivist paintings with scenes from the outskirts of Stockholm. In 1921, Hallström travelled to Italy, where he was inspired by early renaissance masters and developed a more terse style of painting. The works from this period have less detail and are more like stage-sets and more matter-of-fact than his early paintings. In City Scene, Italy the facades rise rhythmically. Gondolas float calmly like props on a theatre stage and the people look like paper dolls - without the liveliness that is otherwise found in Hallström's work. Signatures, inscriptions and marks Signerad nedre höger hörn "E. HALLSTRÖM" Bibliography Hoppe, Ragnar & Seth, Lennart, Eric Hallström, AB Svensk Litteratur, Stockholm 1936, ill. s 33. Seth, Lennart, Eric Hallström, Liv och konstnärskap, Stockholm: Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde 1988, ill.(färg) nr 23.