Hilding Werner - Barn Buildings at Ruds Säteri, 1900Hilding Werner (1880 1944) Sweden Barns Buildings at Ruds Steri, 1900 watercolor on paper unframed 21. 5 x 31 cm (8. 46 x 12. 2 inches) framed 22 x 40 cm (8. 66 x 15. 75 inches) written on the back: Ruds ladugrdshus, 1900 Provenance: We acquired this piece, along with several sketches, watercolors, and oil paintings, as part of a collection. It has previously been inherited within the artist's family. Condition: The watercolor is in a very good

initially focusing on oil painting under the tutelage of Per Daniel Holm

and often travelled north to capture the dramatic scenery of Lapland and beyond

imbuing scenes with an almost mystical atmosphere that could communicate emotional or spiritual truths

His use of the turquoise sky hints at an influence of Japanese aesthetics

Trained in Paris at the Académie Julian

the weary shepherds sit in the evening sun as brown as if they were pillars of porphyry

Important Winter Sale

on the right the background illuminated by the sun - indicates that this is an early painting

reflects the same attentive observation and gentle mood found in his best-known works

drawing viewers into a world between fable and shadow

It has previously been inherited within the artist's family

Carl Johansson's blue impressionistic depictions of Northern Sweden earned him the nickname "Ultramarine Johansson"