Art Project course gallery No. 23

Art Project: Virtual Research Trip – National Museum, Sweden

This week’s brief centred around a virtual research trip to Stockholm, Sweden and the vast collection found in their National Museum.

The collection contains around 700,000 pieces of art dating from the 16th Century onwards and is formed of collections from the Swedish Royal Family, prints and drawings acquired by 19th Century Swedish ambassador Carl Gustaf Tessin alongside other collections and acquisitions. The museum also houses around 45,000 ceramic 19th and 20th Century pieces manufactured at the Gustavsberg Porcelain Factory.

The National Museum features work by Rembrandt, Rubens, Goya, Watteau, Gauguin, Degas, Manet, and Renoir as well as a vast collection of work by nationally and internationally renowned Swedish artists including Carl Larsson, Anders Zorn, Carl Fredrik Hill and Ernst Josephson.

Here’s a selection of artwork and prepatory studies made by some of the Art Project course artists taking part in the project.
Harriet – Or Is It a Tiara? (Rubbish from the Common, Summer 2020; inspired by Catarina Hällzon)
Satin, wadding, wire, found objects
Harriet – Or Is It a Tiara? (Rubbish from the Common, Summer 2020; inspired by Catarina Hällzon)
Satin, wadding, wire, found objects
Harriet – Or Is It a Necklace? (Rubbish from the Common, Summer 2020; inspired by Catarina Hällzon)
Satin, wadding, wire, found objects
Harriet – Necklace (Inspired by Catarina Hällzon)
Beans, wire, foil, beads
Harriet – Necklace (Inspired by Catarina Hällzon)
Beans, wire, foil, beads

Jill – Breathing Colour I (Inspired by Hella Jongerius)
Paper cutouts
Jill – Breathing Colour II (Inspired by Hella Jongerius)
Watercolour on paper
Jill – Anna Petrus Vase
Graphite on paper
Jill – Anna Petrus Vase
Charcoal on paper

Chris – In Sorrow (AfterJohan Luibera)
Charcoal on paper

Chris – Northern Lights (after Anna Baberg)
Acrylic on paper

Maurice – The Benefits of Modern Life
Photographs and acrylic
Moira – Another Woman Walking in Paris
(Inspired by Jenny Nystrom’s A Woman Walking in Paris)
Watercolour on paper

Vanda – Garden Path
(Inspired by ‘Meudon Motif’ by Ingeborg Westfelt-Eggertz)
Acrylic on paper
Paula – After Carl and Karin Larsson – A Home, published 1899
Digital photograph of found objects – glass candle lamp and hand embroidered mat
Hilary – Autumn Evenings Drawing In – inspired by…(apologies to) Easy Chair ‘Ovalia” by Henrik Thor-Larsen  and Northern Lights by Anna Boberg
Acrylic on paper
Dieter – Portrait of a Young Man I (after unknown)
Drypoint print on paper
Dieter – Portrait of a Young Man II (after unknown)
Drypoint print on paper

Dieter – Portrait of a Young Man III (after unknown)
Drypoint print and watercolour on paper
Dieter  – Portrait of a Boy I (after Jan de Bray)

Drypoint on paper
Dieter – Portrait of a Boy II  (after Jan de Bray)
Drypoint print and watercolour on paper