Anders Loman - Evening Street Scene with Carriage and Gas Lamps, 1912Anders Loman (18791953, Swedish) Evening Street Scene with Carriage and Gas Lamps, 1912 Signed and dated lower rightOil on canvasUnframed 35 28 cm (13. 8 11 in); framed 45 38. 5 cm (17. 7 15. 2 in) Provenance: A Swedish private collection Condition Report: Recently conserved by a professional art conservator. Colors remain strong and vibrant. Craquelure is present throughout the surface, consistent with the paintings age. Presented in a newly made

helping to shape artistic discourse outside the capital Helsinki

with softened contours and expressive impasto used in the illumination around the streetlamps

The result is a mesmerizing and evocative image that engages both the senses and the emotions

In 1917 Tenggren succeeded John Bauer as illustrator of the celebrated Christmas annual Bland tomtar och troll

Dick Beer died in Stockholm following complications of pneumonia

before 1946

canvas dimensions 46 x 61 cm

is one of four oil sketches once in the collection of Chief Physician Karl Martin

executed in 1883

The real subject of the painting

and this piece is a perfect example of his mastery of the genre

Against this stability the sky is animated by visible