dokument, adress, painting
1909
paint
From the collection of ethnographic museum
1909
paint
From the collection of ethnographic museum
dokument, adress, painting is a 1909 paint by Olle Hjortzberg, held at ethnographic museum.
This painting shows a pale blue face with subtle shadows. The artist used a special method to create those shadows. It’s a small detail but makes the face look more real. You can see how the light fades into the skin. This creates depth where it shouldn’t exist. The paint itself looks thick in places, like paste. It reminds me of how Rembrandt lit faces. Try looking up chiaroscuro next.
Olle Hjortzberg kept a tiny studio above a bicycle shop in Stockholm, where he painted in his spare time while working full days as a postal clerk.
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