Carl Mattson - Evening City Street, 1926

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Carl Mattson - Evening City Street, 1926Attributed to Carl Mattson (18861941) Sweden Evening City Street, 1926 signed and dated lower leftwatercolor on canvas unframed 62 51 cm (24. 4 20. 1 in)framed 71 60 cm (28. 0 23. 6 in) Provenance: Private collection, Sweden. Essay: This city view painted in 1926 is a fine example of Carl Mattsons distinctive approach to urban subjects. The composition presents an evening street scene where gas lamps and window lights glow against the blue green dusk.

Skånberg was among the earliest Scandinavian artists to work consistently from direct observation

Sam Uhrdin (1886–1964) began his career as a decorative painter and travelled to America in 1906 to work as a sign painter and upholsterer

Shalders’s work must be understood within the broader framework of Victorian landscape painting

whose approach to color and composition left a lasting impact on his style

as seen in this intimate portrait of Hulda

Such compositions became increasingly popular among collectors

especially during his time in Engelsberg

he exhibited in Berlin

where direct observation and tonal unity take precedence over academic construction

Johansson had been in Paris absorbing the innovations of the French Impressionists

his drawing teacher at Klara elementary school

Beer volunteered for the French Foreign Legion and in 1915 suffered severe head injuries in a grenade explosion