Ferdinand Boberg - View from Strandvägen towards Djurgården, StockholmFerdinand Boberg (18601946) View from Strandvgen towards Djurgrden, Stockholm Watercolor on paper signed BOBERG STOCKHOLM c. 16 x 22 cm (6 x 8 in) framed 33 x 38 cm (13 x 15 in) Essay: This delicate watercolor by Ferdinand Boberg captures a tranquil winter view across the water from Strandvgen towards Djurgrden in Stockholm. The composition is anchored by the unmistakable silhouette of the Nordiska Museet rising above the trees, a landmark that places

documented the journey with studies in pencil

Waldenström’s gentle

a Swedish painter whose work survives in relatively few documented examples

View from Strandvägen towards Djurgården

its untamed natural beauty would have been familiar and meaningful to Swedish viewers of the time

crayon on paper signed Schyl -49

eventually donating his home and a collection of his works to establish a folk high school for crafts and drawing in Leksand

akin to the outdoor studies of the Barbizon school

the artist includes multiple figures in layered depth

he held his first solo exhibition in Stockholm which he gave the French title Exposition des tableaux de Bretagne et autour de Paris

unframed: 77 x 127 cm (30 3/8 x 50 in)

Abel transforms a familiar Stockholm setting into a quietly poetic nocturne