Nationalmuseum has acquired a sculpture created by the artist Alice Nordin. It is made of patinated plaster and depicts a woman resting the side of her face against her clasped hands. Research by the museum indicates that it is likely to be the sculpture A Memory from 1904.
Nationalmuseum has been gifted Inger Blix Kvammen’s necklace Eternity Cap Kanin 2 by the Bengt Julin Fund, administered by the Friends of Nationalmuseum. The jewellery piece is a large crocheted, knitted and embroidered collar in oxidised silver, with portraits concealed amongst the threads.
In recent years Nationalmuseum has acquired several portraits by Ivar Arosenius.The works in question depict the artists Nils Rosberg, Axel Törneman and Ida (Eva) Adler, and were produced during a particularly eventful period in Arosenius’ short life.
2021 Nationalmuseum will show the exhibitions Zorn – a Swedish Superstar, Snowcrash and Scandinavian Design and the United States, 1890–1980.
The model for this year’s Portrait of Honour is the food profile and restaurateur Leif Mannerström. The portrait was produced by the photographer Bruno Ehrs. He has captured both the model’s personality and his professional identity.
Nationalmuseum in Sweden has recently acquired a self-portrait of the artist Maria Wiik and a portrait of Sigrid Lindberg by Hildegard Thorell.
Nationalmuseum has received a generous donation from the newly formed Ulf Gillberg – Lennart Agerberg Foundation. The gift is the Big and Small Bowl from 2019 by the Danish silversmith Carsten From Andersen.
This autumn's exhibition at Nationalmuseum opens on 17 September and features French and Italian art from primarily the 17th century but also French and Nordic art until the turn of the 20th century. The exhibition shows how people's view of nature has changed through the ages and also addresses the many classical stories conveyed in the paintings.
Nationalmuseum has received a HI 56 Highchair as a gift to the collections. The orange children’s highchair was designed by the interior designer Stig Lönngren and was made of birch plywood by carpenter Lars Larsson.
Nationalmuseum has received as a fine gift two filigree beakers with covers in partly gilded silver, produced by Rudolf Wittkopf in Stockholm in 1698.
Following a request for restitution from the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage in Warsaw, Nationalmuseum has written a letter to the Swedish Government recommending that a painting in the museum’s collections should be returned to Poland.
The new exhibition at Nationalmuseum Jamtli focuses on the relations between Sweden and Europe during the 18th century in the field of visual arts and applied arts. A palace building, a theatre king and skilled diplomats were all vital ingredients in the flourishing cultural life of the 18th century.
