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Collection Online as of March 28, 2024

Evening Mood-Lidingö

Evening Mood-Lidingö

1900
(Swedish, 1862–1915)
Framed: 94 x 172.4 x 5.1 cm (37 x 67 7/8 x 2 in.); Unframed: 90.1 x 168.6 cm (35 1/2 x 66 3/8 in.)
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Jansson, known as the "Blue Painter," was called "Paraffin Jansson" by other artists because the light in his paintings reminded them of the light from the paraffin (kerosene) lamps widely used in houses at the time.

Description

The swirling brushstrokes and telescopic perspective in this view of a field near Stockholm, Sweden, converge on the dark mass of trees and dying sunset in the center. Feelings of melancholy and loneliness are relieved only by the appearance of the first evening star. Although little known in the United States, Eugène Janssen was one of the most important artists of Scandinavian modernism. He became aware of the works of the Norwegian Symbolist Edvard Munch as early as 1884 and shared Munch’s ambition of exploring psychological states of mind rather than adhering to external appearances.
  • Richard Bergh [1858-1919], Stockholm, Sweden friend of the artist
    -1980s
    Adrian Bergh, son of Richard Bergh, Stockhom, Sweden
    -1980s
    The Bergh Family Collection, Stockholm, Sweden until the 1980s
    -2005
    (Claes Moser, Stockholm, Sweden, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    2005-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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    Shepherd Gallery. The Swedish Vision: Landscape and Figurative Painting 1885-1920 : Shepherd Gallery, New York, October 16th to December 7th, 1985, an Exhibition. Stockholm: Moser & Klang, 1985. cat. no. 36
    Lochnan, Katharine Jordan, ed. Mystical Landscapes: From Vincent Van Gogh to Emily Carr. Munich: DelMonico Books Prestel, 2016. 169, 177
  • Stories From Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).
    Mystical Landscapes: Masterpieces from Monet, Van Gogh and more. Art Gallery of Ontario, Ontario M5T 1G4, Canada (organizer) (October 22, 2016-February 12, 2017).
    Eugene Jansson. Liljevalchs Art Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden (1998).
    The Swedish Vision: Landscape and Figurative Painting 1885-1920. Shepherd Gallery, New York, NY (Fall 1985).
    League of Artists' Annual Exhibition. Stockholm, Sweden (1901).
    League of Artists' Annual Exhibition. Stockholm, Sweden (1900).
  • {{cite web|title=Evening Mood-Lidingö|url=false|author=Eugène Jansson|year=1900|access-date=28 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2005.4