Olle Hjortzberg - A Yellow RoseOlle Hjortzberg (1872 1959) Sweden A Yellow Rose, 1917 watercolor painted on an envelope indistinctly signed with monogram unframed 18. 5 x 12. 5 cm (7. 28 x 4. 92 inches) framed 34. 5 x 29 cm (13. 58 x 11. 42 inches) Provenance: A Swedish private collection.

This adds a sense of drama and vitality to the overall composition

Ulf Linde (1929–2013) was a renowned Swedish art critic

this work likely dates from Nordenberg’s formative years in Stockholm

Yet this piece remains firmly grounded in academic tradition

Dick Beer became an orphan and came to Sweden in 1907

1995 (lot 107)

highlighting the possibilities of art and importance of an experimental and intuitive mind

The contrast between the cool

It could symbolize opportunity

himself a respected watercolourist

Schuknecht 1859oil on canvas

Linde continued to shape Swedish art discourse as a professor of modern art theory at the Royal Institute of Art and as an interim director at the Moderna Museet