Group 2
Skip to main content
Search the collection
Moderna Museet
Advanced Search
Search the collection
Advanced Search
Proceed to modernamuseet.searrow
Sjukhussal II
© Hilding Linnqvist/Bildupphovsrätt 2026
Sjukhussal II
Sjukhussal II
Photo: Albin Dahlström/Moderna Museet

Sjukhussal II

by Hilding Linnqvist
Artist (Sverige, 1891 - 1984)
Alternate Title
  • Hospital Ward II
Date1920
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsBildmått: 145 × 122 cm Ram: 152 × 129 × 4 cm
Classification
Credit LineDonation 1970 från Grace och Philip Sandblom
Object NumberNM 6359
The artwork is on outgoing loan
About the artworkThe blue twilight descends outside the hospital windows. The interior is brightened by white coats, starched sheets and two tiled stoves in the background. A distinct smell of disease and disinfectant emanates from the scene, despite the little vase with lilies of the valley to the right in the picture. The sombre doctors and nurses go about their duties with an almost ceremonious air. All is silent. This painting is a memory from when Hilding Linnqvist suffered from meningitis and was treated at Sabbatsberg Hospital. The composition and the portrayal of the characters are similar to mediaeval church painting and folk art, two important sources of inspiration for the naivistic painters, like Linnqvist. Selected exhibition history Ingens hundar: svensk konst genom hundra år (1998) Moderna Museet, Stockholm 10 historier - svensk konst 1910-1945 ur Moderna Museets samling (2007) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Modernismens genombrott. Nordiskt måleri 1910-1920 (1990) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Samlingsutställning 2019-2022 (den 1 februari 2019 - den 27 augusti 2023) 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 Leksand. Svensk konst mellan världskrigen (2005) Leksands Konstmuseum Hilding Linnqvist (1986-1987) Göteborgs Konstmuseum Särskilda verk ur den svenska samlingen (1993-1994) Moderna Museet, Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Hilding Linnqvist : Moderna Museet, Stockholm : [26 december 1986 - 22 februari 1987]Modernismens genombrott : Nordiskt måleri 1910-1920 : Moderna Museet, Stockholm : 13 januari - 4 mars 1990Scandinavian Modernism : painting in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden 1910 - 1920 : [Moderna Museet, Stockholm : 13 January to 4 March 1990]10 historier : svensk konst 1910-1945 ur Moderna Museets samling : [2/6 - 9/9 2007]