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Per Adolf Hall

Carl Gustaf Gillberg

unspecified

From the collection of Finnish National Gallery

Portrait

Dominant colour

Per Adolf Hall is an unspecified by Carl Gustaf Gillberg, held at Finnish National Gallery.

Who painted this?: Carl Gustaf Gillberg
Where can I see it?: Finnish National Gallery

About this work

This small watercolor shows a quiet room with a woman sewing by a window. Sunlight catches the threads in her hands. The walls are plain, the floor bare wood. She wears a simple dark dress, her focus on the needlework. Watercolor on ivory is rare—ivory is thin and fragile, but it gives the colors a soft glow. The artist painted tiny details like the grain in the wood. Try a watercolor next time.