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Exhibitions at Nationalmuseum 2021
Nationalmuseum will continue with its rich selection of art and design exhibitions in the museum building on Blasieholmen in Stockholm next year.
Leif Mannerström – this year’s Portrait of Honour
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.
Portraits of women painters for Nationalmuseum’s collections
Nationalmuseum ihas recently acquired a self-portrait of the artist Maria Wiik and a portrait of Sigrid Lindberg by Hildegard Thorell. Both Wiik and Thorell studied in Paris at the end of the 19th century and specialised in portraiture. The acquisitions
Silvergåva från Ulf Gillberg – Lennart Agerberg Stiftelse
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.
New acquisition: Highchair HI 56 by Stig Lönngren and Lars Larsson
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. Both were members of the HI Group which
Nationalmuseum receives gift of filigree beakers by Rudolf Wittkopf
Nationalmuseum has received two filigree beakers with covers in partly gilded silver, produced in Stockholm in 1698. They are exquisite examples of Swedish crafts from the end of the 17th century and tell of a somewhat strange episode in the history of
Nationalmuseum acquires magnificent urn made at the Gustavsberg Porcelain Factory
Nationalmuseum har förvärvat en så kallad prakturna med ett motiv där Moder Svea prisar svensk industri tillverkad vid Gustavsbergs porslinsfabrik. Efter att ha ropats in på en auktion i London har den nu kunnat återföras till Sverige. Förvärvet är en
New Acquisition: Jean Baptiste Oudry's Views from Arcueil
Nationalmuseum has acquired two drawings with views from the garden and park of Arcueil by the French Rococo master Jean-Baptiste Oudry. The drawings depict a geometrically landscaped garden with elements of a freer park in a state of picturesque decay.
Nationalmuseum acquires a model study by Akseli Gallen-Kallela
Akseli Gallen-Kallela is one of Finland's most famous artists and commonly referred to as a master of Realism and Symbolism.The newly acquired model study is from beginning of Gallen-Kallela’s artistic career, when he was still studying in Paris.
Nationalmuseum, Moderna Museet and ArkDes will be closed through April 14
Due to the situation with the new coronavirus, Moderna Museet in Stockholm and Malmö, Nationalmuseum and ArkDes has decided to temporarily close. Nationalmuseum will close starting March 20m Moderna Museet and ArkDes will be closed starting March 19. all
Nationalmuseum acquires a daguerreotype by Johan Wilhelm Bergström
Nationalmuseum has acquired a central work in early Swedish photography, Johan Wilhelm Bergström's portrait of his wife Henriette Charlotta Catharina, probably created sometime in the mid-1840s. The incredible sharpness and delicate composition of the image
Nationalmuseum acquires a work by Artemisia Gentileschi
Nationalmuseum has made a sensational new acquisition of a painting by the Italian artist Artemisia Gentileschi. The motif is Saint Catherine of Alexandria, a theme which recurs several times in Artemisia’s oeuvre. The painting will be on display from
Nationalmuseum acquires two glass sculptures by Rasmus Nossbring
Nationalmuseum has acquired two glass sculptures by Rasmus Nossbring. They are part of a group of five, comprising Nossbring’s degree project at Konstfack in 2017. The glass sculptures are portraits of his former colleagues at Reijmyre Glassworks, capturing
Rare Objects in Argent Haché acquired by Nationalmuseum
Nationalmuseum has recently acquired a number of rare objects made of silver plated brass, known as argent haché, from the late 18th century. Few of these objects have survived to the present day, and the museum’s collections had thus previously lacked
Nationalmuseum acquires two self-portraits by Joseph Ducreux
Nationalmuseum has acquired two physiognomic self-portraits painted by the French artist, Joseph Ducreux, one of the foremost artists at the court of Louis XVI. Ducreux’s portraiture exhibits strong influences of naturalism and is characterized by the
New acquisition: Verner Åkerman’s sculpture of Pierre Louis Alexandre
Nationalmuseum har nyligen förvärvat en skulptur i terrakotta av Verner Åkerman föreställande Pierre Louis Alexandre. Pierre Louis Alexandre är främst känd som modell vid Konstakademien under senare delen av 1800-talet och det finns många bevarade studier