A hundred years after the Roaring Twenties Nationalmuseum revisited the era in a major exhibition. You could step back in time through a parade of art, applied art, design, fashion, photography and cinema.
The era was known as the Roaring Twenties. The First World War and the influenza pandemic were over. The Wall Street Crash and the ensuing failure of Ivar Kreuger’s financial empire in Sweden had yet to occur. But the 1920s were a decade of contrasts. While some partied like never before, others went hungry, governments faltered, and unemployment soared. Citizens demanded new liberties and rights. The forces of tradition and nationalism were ranged against those of new technology and international modernism. In art, everyday realism and fine craftsmanship competed with post-Cubist modernism and mass manufacturing. The tensions were evident across the artistic spectrum, from fine art and design to cinema, photography and dance.
A century later, in the aftermath of another pandemic, Nationalmuseum was revisiting this era in a major exhibition. You could step back in time through a parade of art, applied art, design, fashion, photography and cinema.
Curator: Cilla Robach
Exhibition catalogue with lots of images and in-depth articles