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20 May 2021 - 14:00 (CEST) -
Dragarbrunnsgatan, 73 - 753-20 Uppsala
Sigrid Hjertén was a Swedish modernist painter who studied in Paris, notably with Matisse. A fanciful palette and Expressionist features dominate her works.
Sigrid Hjertén (1885-1948), Opera, oil on canvas, 73 x 100 cm/28.75 x 39.38 in, c. 1915. Estimate: SEK 1.5/2 M (about €148,000/198,000)
Sigrid Hjertén (1885-1948), Opera, oil on canvas, 73 x 100 cm/28.75 x 39.38 in, c. 1915. Estimate: SEK 1.5/2 M (about €148,000/198,000)
Already known to the market, this opera scene features the hallmarks of Swedish Expressionism: stylized forms and barely sketched faces (or not at all in the opera boxes). Perspective is deliberately eschewed so that the eye moves back and forth between the two heads in the foreground and the…
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