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  12-02-01 09:15

  New acquisition: Trädgårdsinteriör by Johan Krouthén

  Nationalmuseum has acquired the painting Trädgårdsinteriör från Linköping by Swedish artist Johan Krouthén. The detailed painting depicts army surgeon Ernst Boman and his family and is dated 1887-1888.

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  12-01-12 13:32

  Exhibitions 2012

  Next year Nationalmuseum presents emotions, slow art and female artists in pursuit. A major collaboration with Jamtli in Östersund will also be carried out during the year.

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  12-01-04 09:15

  New acquisition: Cactus Exhibition vase by Edward Hald

  Nationalmuseum has acquired one of four known examples of Edward Hald’s Cactus Exhibition vase dating from 1926. This is a superb example of the high-quality glass, decorated in contemporary style, for which Orrefors was known in the early 20th century.

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  11-12-12 11:52

  Accomplished artists in caricature exhibition

  Next spring and summer, Nationalmuseum will be showing The Art of Exaggeration – Caricature in Sweden. It follows the development of Swedish caricature art through the ages, from the private sphere to a public position that echoes around the world.

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  11-12-06 11:16

  Nationalmuseum gets passionate this spring

  This spring’s big exhibition at Nationalmuseum, Passions, is all about emotion in art. Starting on 8 March, over 100 works depicting emotions such as sorrow, fear and joy will go on show.

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  11-11-30 08:45

  Nationalmuseum acquires Clodion’s Satyr and Nymph

  Nationalmuseum has acquired a magnificent terracotta sculpture by French artist Claude Michel, known as Clodion. The piece, thought to date from the 1780s, depicts a satyr embracing a young nymph.

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  11-11-22 14:08

  Régnier painting is centenary gift

  A centenary appeal was launched earlier this year to mark the 100th anniversary of the Friends of Nationalmuseum. The donations have funded the purchase of a painting by Flemish artist Nicolas Régnier.

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  11-10-26 15:29

  New acquisition: An armchair, table, and candelabra from the Paris Exhibition of 1925

  The Nationalmuseum’s collection of applied art and modern design has gained an armchair, a table and candelabra from the International Exposition of Modern Industrial and Decorative Arts in Paris in 1925.

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  11-09-20 09:25

  European Silver 1500-1850

  European Silver 1500-1850 is the second volume in the series of catalogues of the Nationalmuseum’s extensive collections of applied art, design and industrial design.

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  11-09-19 09:45

  Peredvizhniki exhibition opens 29 September at Nationalmuseum

  This autumn’s major exhibition at Nationalmuseum, The Peredvizhniki – Pioneers of Russian Painting, opens on 29 September. This is Sweden’s first ever exhibition dedicated to this group of artists.

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  11-06-27 13:06

  New acquisition: Elizabeth I by Nicholas Hilliard

  The collection of portrait miniatures has been enriched with a portrait of Queen Elizabeth I of England. The artist behind the portrait was the official court painter and the first grand name in English miniature painting, Nicholas Hilliard (1547-1619).

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  11-06-20 15:29

  Pioneers of Russian painting at Nationalmuseum this autumn

  This autumn’s major exhibition at Nationalmuseum, The Peredvizhniki – Pioneers of Russian Painting, opens on 29 September 2011. It will be Sweden’s largest ever exhibition of works by this group of artists.

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  11-06-13 14:37

  The Four Seasons opens 21 June

  The Four Seasons, a thematic exhibition of works from Nationalmuseum’s own collections, focuses on depictions of the seasons in paintings of the fin de siècle period and on artists’ attempts to capture the essence of the changing seasons.

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  11-05-23 11:35

  Summer at Nationalmuseum

  There’s plenty going on at Nationalmuseum this summer! Take your pick from exhibitions focused on eroticism in art, depictions of the seasons in Scandinavian painting, and shimmering silver. Children can have fun learning about gods of antiquity.

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  10-12-28 11:08

  Exhibitions 2011

  Museum in a new light: Shimmering Silver, Lust & Vice, Visiting gods and goddesses and Peredvizhniki.

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  10-12-16 12:52

  Coming this spring: Lust & Vice

  On 24 March 2011, Nationalmuseum opens the doors to Lust & Vice, a major exhibition filling three rooms and five display cases.

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  10-11-10 08:50

  Nationalmuseum launches new online bookshop

  The bookshop makes it possible for both private persons and distributors, national as well as international, to order Nationalmuseum’s art books through the Internet.

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  10-09-20 09:30

  Staging Power – Napoleon, Karl Johan, Alexander opens 30 September

  On 30 September, Nationalmuseum opens its autumn exhibition Staging Power – Napoleon, Karl Johan, Alexander. The exhibition presents 410 artifacts in their historical context, all of which have some connection with one or other of the protagonists.

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  10-09-16 09:56

  Publications from Nationalmuseum this autumn

  This autumn Nationalmuseum publishes Staging Power. Napoleon, Charles John, Alexander and Art Bulletin of Nationalmuseum Stockholm, volume 16.

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  10-07-08 09:00

  Staging Power – the art of governing through art

  This autumn, Nationalmuseum presents the magnificent exhibition Staging Power – Napoleon, Karl Johan, Alexander. On show will be some 420 items - a collection of portraits, costumes, jewellery and other art wares – all telling a story of honour and power.

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  10-06-17 08:15

  At Home Nationalmuseum’s summer exhibition

  Nationalmuseum’s summer exhibition At Home – Scandinavian Interiors opened on 16 June. The exhibition shows how the home has been portrayed by some of Scandinavia’s best-loved artists during the 18th and 19th centuries.

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  10-05-03 15:57

  Dutch and Flemish Paintings III

  Flemish Paintings c. 1600 – c. 1800 is the third and final volume in a series of catalogues raisonnés dealing with Dutch and Flemish paintings in the Nationalmuseum.

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  10-04-20 11:31

  Much loved homes feature in Nationalmuseums summer exhibition

  This summers exhibition, At Home - Scandinavian Interiors, focuses on the home as a motif. The exhibition opens on 16 June and runs until 15 August.

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  10-03-24 15:02

  Bernadottes on show at Nationalmuseum

  Coming this summer: The Bernadottes in Black and White. Coming this autumn: Staging Power – Napoleon, Karl Johan, Alexander.

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  10-02-16 13:40

  Leading Baroque masters together at Nationalmuseum

  On Thursday 25 February, the Rubens & van Dyck exhibition opens at Nationalmuseum in Stockholm. From then until 23 May, visitors will be able to see works by two of the 17th century’s leading painters and some of their disciples.

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  09-09-29 20:12

  Caspar David Friedrich, poet of animated landscapes

  This first Scandinavian monographic exhibition of works by Friedrich opens this Friday 2 October. Fairly small images lead the onlooker into suggestive landscapes of mountains, sea and land.

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  09-06-26 10:40

  This autumn Caspar David Friedrich comes to Nationalmuseum

  Friedrich, the leading painter of the German Romantic era, is nowadays regarded as one of the greatest figures in art history. This October Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, will present Scandinavia’s first monographic exhibition of works by Friedrich.

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  08-12-15 11:23

  Hans Hammarskiöld. Profiles

  From 15 January to 30 August 2009 the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm will be exhibiting portraits by Hans Hammarskiöld. Born in 1925, Hammarskiöld is one of the leading names in Sweden’s photographic history and his work is internationally recognized.

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  08-11-05 10:31

  The Pre-Raphaelites.

  In the coming spring, Nationalmuseum will present an exhibition devoted to the pictorial world of the Pre-Raphaelites. The exhibition comprises some two hundred evocative works from this golden age of English art.

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