Waldemar Bernhard, Swedish, 1890-1965
Title: Old Djurgården, Stockholm
Date: 1931
Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions:
Sheet: 29.5 x 22 cm
Plate: 25 x 18 cm
Mount: 44.9 x 35 cm
Signed: lower right (in the image): WB [in monogram]
Credit Line: Presented, 2005
Object Number: NGI.20954
DescriptionPrintmaking in Sweden was a vibrant activity in the early decades of the 20th century. Prints were highly regarded and print exhibitions and courses were well attended. From its foundation in 1887, the Swedish Fine Art Print Society issued an annual portfolio of original prints by both established and emerging artists to promote printmaking and to bring it to a wider public. This print formed part of the Society's 1931 portfolio. It is notable for its precision and for the variety of linear marks used to indicate the different textures of tree, snow and buildings.
InscriptionLettering printed on mount (lower left): FÖREN FÖR GRAFISK KONST, 1931/
W. Bernhard 1930/ GAMLA DJURGARDEN, STHML
W. Bernhard 1930/ GAMLA DJURGARDEN, STHML