Passion

by Nell Walden

Artist Nell Walden (Sverige, 1887 - 1975)

Date1918

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsBildmått: 100 × 80,5 cm Yttermått: 103,7 × 83,5 × 4 cm

ClassificationPaintings

Credit LineDonation 1954 från Nell Walden

Countries

Sweden

On view

Stockholm

RoomGallery 01:12

Object NumberNM 5183

About the artworkSwedish artist Nell Walden became a key figure of Der Sturm, the magazine and art gallery of the German expressionists in Berlin, and immediately found herself in the inner circle of the movement after marrying its founder, Herwarth Walden, in 1912. Together with her husband, she ran the gallery and helped promote the new art through the magazine. Walden also participated in organising some twenty exhibitions in Scandinavia and built an impressive collection of European avantgarde art. She herself did not start painting until after studying at Der Sturm’s art school in 1915. Nell Walden was long regarded as Sweden’s first abstract artist, since the works by the pioneer Hilma af Klint, made during the same period, were kept from the public eye.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Signerad nedre höger hörn "N W 1918", På baksidan "NELL WALDEN LEIDENSCHAFT Nr 26", På baksidan etikett "Riksförbundet för bildande konst utställning 132 Sammlung Walden" uppgift om konstnär, titel och år, etikett "Nr 69 Walden Leidenschaft" stämpel "Öffentliche Kunstsammlung" Selected exhibition history Moderna Museet c/o Magasin 3 (den 23 mars 2002 - den 16 juni 2002) Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall Den tidiga modernismen: 1900-1920 ur Moderna Museets samling (den 19 mars 2011 - den 2 oktober 2011) Moderna Museet Malmö Rosa segel. Svensk modernism i Moderna Museets samling (den 17 juni 2023 - den 3 augusti 2025) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Samlingsutställning 2019-2022 (den 1 februari 2019 - den 27 augusti 2023) Moderna Museet, Stockholm

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