Farmer from Nordingrå (1917)

This page presents "Farmer from Nordingrå" (1917), created by Helmer Osslund. Background on Figurative: Over the centuries, painters have used the figure to express social standing, narrative, and emotion. Portraits, group scenes, studies of the nude, and pictures of daily life all belong to figurative art. Historical background, 1917: Posters, magazines, and illustrated books were major ways for the public to meet new art and design. Dada and Surrealism followed the First World War, the Bauhaus school was founded in 1919, and Art Deco became the fashionable decorative style of the 1920s and 1930s. It is listed in the Figurative collection. The image is in portrait orientation.

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Swedish, 1866–1938

If you like the visual language of Helmer Osslund, explore more works by the same artist in our collection.