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Demolishing the Old Orphanage, Stockholm
In his poem ‘The Esplanade System’, from 1883, August Strindberg describes how a modern Stockholm was emerging at that time, with old houses being torn down ‘for light and air’. Schultzberg’s painting s a commentary on the same process. With razor-sharp realism he records the demolition of the old orphanage, meticulously capturing he early spring light, the many nuances of the gravel and rocks, an…
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Creator
- Anshelm Schultzberg
Type of item
- paintings (visual works)
- http://udcdata.info/065280
- Visual Works (hierarchy name)
- Visual arts
Creator
- Anshelm Schultzberg
Type of item
- paintings (visual works)
- http://udcdata.info/065280
- Visual Works (hierarchy name)
- Visual arts
Providing institution
Aggregator
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- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Nationalmuseum, Sweden
Creation date
- 1886
- 1886
Provenance
- Purchase 1938
Identifier
- NM 3285
- 20338
Extent
- Mått 98 x 120 cm
Format
- Oil on canvas
- Oil painting
Year
- 1886
Providing country
- Sweden
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2017-01-11T14:09:22.737Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2017-01-11T14:26:54.458Z