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StatisticheThe Lace Shawl
Expressionism
1920
58.0 x 37.0 cm
Helene Schjerfbeck (1862 – 1946)
Scopri Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946), pittrice finlandese e figura chiave del modernismo. Esplora la sua evoluzione da realismo a opere quasi astratte, un equilibrio tra colore e immagini enigmatiche.
Schjerfbeck titled this painting after the black lace shawl worn by Sigrid Nyberg, her friend and landlady in a town on the Finnish coast. As the artist worked, she transformed the shawl and torso into abstract shapes and passages of color. Bold strokes and thin layers of paint create a varied, textured surface. Nyberg’s face is stylized, with dramatic eyes, lips, and sleek hair evoking the modern woman of the 1920s. Schjerfbeck described the picture as conveying both beauty and "inner sorrow and emptiness." The artist’s style earned her a reputation as "Finland’s Edvard Munch." This is her first work acquired by a museum in the United States.
Informazioni sull'opera
- Titolo: The Lace Shawl
- Artista: Helene Schjerfbeck
- Anno: 1920
- Dimensioni originali: 58.0 x 37.0 cm
- Formato: Portrait
- Stato del copyright: Di pubblico dominio
- Parole chiave: portrait painting style , expressionist woman , modern woman art
- Tonalità colore: Green to Violet Spectrum
- Intensità del colore: Monochromatic
- Luminosità percepita: shadow