Ella Waldenström - A Sewing Woman, 1900Ella Waldenstrm (18631955) Sweden A Sewing Woman, 1900 watercolor on paper signed and dated E. W 23 2 1900 visible image 21 x 12 cm (8 x 4 in.)framed 29 x 20 cm (11 x 7 in.) Provenance: The artist's family. Essay: Ella Waldenstrm was a Swedish artist and educator who belonged to the generation of female artists emerging around the turn of the 20th century, when the art world was gradually opening up to women. Trained at the Stockholm Technical School

The frame has also been restored

which staged a major retrospective of his art in the 1950s and again in 2015

almost spontaneous yet intuitively precise strokes and shapes

drawing inspiration from the works of Cézanne

5 x 40 cm)

Tate Gallery

reflections from the wooded shores and rocky outcrops remain visible beneath or upon the ice

Beyond the foreground

Tryggelin 3/5 1907

and harmonious composition suggest it was created by someone in the circle of accomplished Flemish painters who had assimilated Italian artistic currents around 1600

their forms articulated through swift and confident brushstrokes

Old Master Paintings