Girl with a Cigarette I -- Anders Zorn -- Etching -- 1891 -- Art Institute of Chicago -- Public Domain

#Art #AndersZorn #Print #Etching #Smoking #Cigarette #SwedishArt #19thCenturyArt

"The View Toward the City," Torsten Jovinge, 1930.

Jovinge (1898-1936) was a Swedish Modernist painter who had a brief but influential career.

He called his style "Purism" and was seen to be influenced by Cubism, with his use of colorful shapes in his work. But rather than distorting his subjects, or playing with perspective, he represents in his own way. He breaks them down into shapes but still retains some shading and texture.

His works were popular in his home country and were an influence on Swedish Modernism. He did a number of works set in various parts of Europe. He began painting and developed his style in the 1920s, traveling in Paris and other areas, and staying mostly in Sweden and Denmark in the 30s.

In 1936, he decided to travel to Morocco to paint, and during a stopover in Seville he was found shot to death in his hotel room. Spanish authorities, at the time caught up in the Spanish Civil War, claimed it was suicide, but the general agreement is that it was murder for unknown reasons.

From a private collection.

#Art #TorstenJovinge #Purism #PostCubism #Modernism #SwedishArt #UnsolvedMystery

Fool me twice, oil on acid-free paper, by me, 2025

For me, this is what being a parent can sometimes feel like. But for others, it can be about love or heartbreak. It captures the emotional layers that deep love can bring. The struggle that comes with caring, but also feelings of exhaustion and tenderness. It's also about emotional resilience.
#mastoart #oilpainting #art #traditionalart #swedishart

Sleeping Beauty, oil on canvas by me, 2025

Blue for unattainable beauty, purple for mystery and enchanting love, red for passion. Innocent and naive, she perhaps believed that love would protect her. She never sleeps, and perhaps was a beauty once...
#mastoart #oilpainting #art #traditionalart #swedishart

Burning man and The Almighty, oil on canva, by me, 2025

This is my criticism towards religion.
#mastoart #oilpainting #art #traditionalart #swedishart

By the Forest Path, (Vid skogsvägen), 1883

Carl Gustaf Hellqvist (1851-1890), Swedish Painter

#CarlGustafHellqvist #bytheforestpath #vidskogsvägen #art #artist #painter #artoftheday #paintingoftheday #painting #kunst #künstler #swedishartist #swedishart #svenskkonstnär #svenskkonst #oilpainting

New blog post: The Phantom Tribute, collage for week 17 of 2025!I hope you like these.

#creativeblogger #collage #art #comics #thephantom #fanart #1980s #swedishart

https://www.ihanna.nu/blog/2025/07/the-phantom-tribute-365collages2025-week-17/