Gerda Tirén - Portrait of Nils And Stina Tirén ReadingGerda Tirn (18581928) Sweden Portrait of Nils And Stina Tirn Reading Kring Granen och Brasan watercolour on cardnot signed, the signature was originally placed below the present image. unframed 19. 5 24. 5 cm (7. 7 9. 6 in)framed 29 34. 5 cm (11. 4 13. 6 in) original illustration for the front cover of the Christmas annual Kring granen och brasan, 1906. Provenance: Johan Bernhard Gauffin, editor of Kring granen och brasan, 1906; By descent to Einar

In several passages

folk costumes

presented as heavy silhouettes whose edges soften only slightly into the twilight air

Within the broader context of British landscape painting

The paint layer appears stable and well preserved

Presented in a fine older frame with a fine patina

more blended technique befitting his academic background

lifting itself upright on its hind legs

Johansson’s approach is not merely decorative

a quintessential feature of the Dutch landscape

– Statens Museum for Kunst (Copenhagen)

Johansson sought to recollect his early pieces