A Pleasant Bathing Place (1896-1898 CE)
A vibrant watercolor with children swimming at a Sundborn bathing place, radiating joy and nostalgia for idyllic Swedish summers.
Material Watercolor
Portrait of Inga-Maria Thiel (1918 CE)
A delicate watercolor portrays the young Inga-Maria Thiel in a light, Jugendstil style.
Crayfishing (1895 CE)
A luminous watercolor, depicing daughter Lisbeth amidst crayfishing by a tranquil lakeside.
Holiday Reading (1916 CE)
A watercolor and gouache on paper, capturing wife Karin and son Esbjörn doing some holiday reading in a sunlit garden.
By the Cellar (1917 CE)
A delicate watercolor, portraying children around a root cellar in, capturing rural simplicity and childhood innocence.
Karin By The Shore (1908 CE)
A luminous watercolor depicting the artists wife Karin and daughter Lisbeth in a serene, sunlit garden by the Sundborn River.
Rhodes (1823-1824)
A watercolor and gouache painting from 1823–1824, depicting the city of Rhodes, layered with washes and opaque highlights.
Tree of Knowledge No. 5 (1915 CE)
Made between 1913 and 1915, this watercolor of the tree of knowledge and pencil work shows a split tree framed by geometric shapes, reflecting themes of duality.
Well, How Is Your Appetite, Continued The Troll Mother (1915 CE)
An illustration from 1915, showing a troll mother confronting a princess, drawn with fine lines and muted colors.
Vill Vallareman (1910)
A watercolor from 1910, portraying a shepherd troll called Vill Vallareman, playing music under a starry sky, painted with soft hues and fine strokes.
Good Evening, Uncle! Greeted the Boy (1915 CE)
A gouache and watercolor from 1915, showing a boy meeting a troll in a forest, saying good evening, painted with earthy tones and textured details.
The Princess and the Trolls (1913 CE)
A watercolor from 1913, depicting a forest scene with trolls and a princess, rendered with subtle colors and detailed forms.
The Troll Herb (1912 CE)
Rendered in 1912, this watercolor and gouache piece from Sweden places a boy and a forest witch exchanging a troll herb in a wooded scene.
And in the Same Moment, She Was Transformed Into a Beautiful Little Fairy (1907 CE)
Painted in 1907, this watercolor of a beautiful little fairy from Sweden shows a frog’s shift into an elf with flowing hair and blue eyes.
Look at them, troll mother said (1915 CE)
Look at them troll mother said was created in 1915, this watercolor and gouache piece from Sweden sets a princess among trolls in a dark forest scene.