Selfie - by the Artist

Just now does the Swedish National Museum have a exhibit at Konstakademien in Stockholm:

THE ARTIST - KONSTNÄREN

"Entrepreneur. Genius. Avant-Gardist. Norm-Breaker. Visionary. Traveler.

An exhibition about what it means to be an artist, today and historically. About roles, ideals and myths. About power structures and notions of gender, ethnicity, sexuality and class."

I went to the opening and realised that there was a lot of "Selfies" made by historical great artists and decided to sum up the well worth visit trough them:

Tyra Lundgren 1921, Sweden (1897-1979)

 Helene Schjerfbeck 1937, Finland-Sweden (1862-1946)

 Eugéne Jansson 1910, Sweden (1862-1915)

 Claude Cahun 1927, France (1894-1954)

 Peter Weiss 1938, Germany-Sweden (1916-1982)

 Sophie Adlersparre 1849, Sweden (1808-1862)

 Andy Warhol 1978, USA (1928-1987)

 Rembrandt 1640, Netherlands (1606-1669)

 David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl 1691, Germany-Sweden (1628-1698)

 Pehr Hörberg 1805, Sweden (1746-1816)

 Carl Gustav Plagemann 1849, Sweden-Italy (1805-1868)

Auguste Renoir 1866, France (1841-1919)

 Peter Dahl 1970, Sweden (1934)

 Siri Derkert 1915, Sweden (1888-1973)

 Julia Beck 1880, Sweden-France (1853-1935)

 Lena Cronqvist 1982, Sweden (1938)

 Jeff Koons 1988-9, USA (1955)

 Alexander Roslin 1767, Sweden-France (1718-1793)

 Georg von Rosen 1869, France-Sweden (1843-1923)

Sivert Lindblom 1986, Sweden (1931)

As You can understand, this is just a sliver of the exhibit, hope You enjoyed, Per!

250 year old furniture folk art from Uppland

In north Uppland, Sweden, where I live the farmers thrived around 1750-1850, beside the farming they did work for the ironproduction around the area.

The wealth resulted in big houses that they filled with painted furnitures, a luxury at the time.

During 1760-1780 the decorpainting of furnitures had it's peak in Uppland.

They have just been exhibited at Upplandsmuséet in Uppsala, enjoy some of the unknown masters:

The Rose Master 1766

The Flame Tulip Master 1789

The Flame Tulip Master 1790

The Alunda Master 1768

Hope You enjoyed, I did!

Per!

The poetry of the February water

My village Lövstabruks ironmaking, economy and existance have been built on the water.

It never stops fascinating me, and since it's a mild February after a lot of snow are all the waterways full of powerfull water.

Enjoy the Poetry of the February water, Per!

Hope You enjoyed, Per!