The brightest dark - selected paintings by Pelle Swedlund

 

Solnedgång.

Solnedgång, 1903.

Afton, Västkusten, circa 1905.

Romulus och Remus.

Solnedgång i skärgården med segelbåt.

Västkustfjärd.

St. Nicolai kyrkoruin.

Solnedgång i Skärgården, circa 1900.

Den ensamme mannen på klippan, 1928.

Havslandskap med träd.

Templet.

Solnedgång över bergen, 1897.

 Kustlandskap i solnedgång.

 Fyren.

Afton, 1904.

 Månskensnatt.

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Per (Pelle) Adolf Swedlund (6 October 6 1865, Gävle Parish - 13 February 1947, Gävle), Swedish Symbolist painter. He studied at Uppsala University in 1885-6 and then at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts from 1889 to 1892. He then spent three years in France, followed by time in Belgium. From about 1900 to 1912, he lived in Italy, locations such as Chioggia, Montefiascone, Rome, and the Campagna featuring in his work. On his return to Sweden, he found inspiration in his home country's landscapes and historical sites. He exhibited extensively and successfully throughout his life. From 1932 to 1946 he worked as the senior curator at the Thielska Gallery in Stockholm. His artistic output diminished in his later life, partly due to poor health and partly due to his position at the Gallery. Having returned to the town of his birth, he died at the age of eighty-one.