The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 29, 2024

The Sunlight

The Sunlight

1890s
(Swedish, 1843–1924)
Unframed: 47 x 33.5 cm (18 1/2 x 13 3/16 in.)
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Before becoming an artist, Ture Nikolaus Cederström was a cavalry officer.

Description

Monastic life was a popular subject among painters working in Munich, where Ture Nikolaus Cederström spent much of his career. The monk seen here is immersed in thought, looking pensively through a window and using his finger to hold his place in a book. Such paintings were popular for the access they provided to private life within monasteries, which were closed to the public. The monk’s casual pose and absorption in the view provide an approachable vision of religion, showing the figure’s longing for the outside world.
  • Frances W. Ingalls, Cleveland. Given to the CMA in 1996.
  • Argencourt, Louise d', and Roger Diederen. Catalogue of Paintings. Pt. 4. European Paintings of the 19th Century. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 119-120, Vol. I, no. 45
  • Stories From Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).
    Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (12/19/04-4/3/05); Milwaukee, WI: Milwaukee Art Museum (5/19-9/5/05); Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art (10/16/05-1/8/06): "The Arts & Crafts Movement in Europe and America: Design for the Modern World"
  • {{cite web|title=The Sunlight|url=false|author=Ture Nikolaus Cederström|year=1890s|access-date=29 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1996.274