Erik Tryggelin - View over Lake Vättern from VadstenaErik Tryggelin (18781962) Sweden View over Lake Vttern from Vadstena, 2930 August 1943 signed and dated lower right oil on canvas laid on masonite unframed 15 20 cm (5. 9 7. 9 in) framed 25 30 cm (9. 8 11. 8 in) Provenance: A private collection, Sweden. Essay: Executed across two consecutive days, 29 and 30 August 1943, this compact painting demonstrates Tryggelins characteristic insistence on direct observation and careful notation of time and place.

Gallery owner’s comment:This is a work that lies particularly close to my heart

Handcrafted black frame by Stockholm Förgyllning & Bildhuggeri

earthy path leading to the horizon

typical for works of this period

The sky is suffused with soft tones of rose

he studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts before continuing his education in Paris

capturing a moment of collective urgency and human vulnerability

Thunman and Sernander were close friends

landscapes and history paintings he always added something new and inventive

the artist’s sonSvensk-Franska KonstgallerietIngenjör Paul Toll

Thunman was an accomplished man of letters: he published several collections of poetry and is remembered as the author of the much-loved Swedish poem “Vi gå över daggstänkta berg” (“We Walk Over Dewy Mountains”)

His interiors often possess a quiet atmospheric intensity