Egron Lundgren - Monk in a Monastic Cell

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Egron Lundgren - Monk in a Monastic CellEgron Lundgren (18151875) Monk in a Monastic Cell signed and dated Egron Lundgren Rom 1848 oil on relined canvas unframed 62 x 50 cm (24 x 19 in.)framed 79 x 68 cm (31 x 26 in.) Essay: Painted during Lundgrens formative years in Italy (18471853), this work reflects the artists deep engagement with both the artistic heritage and the lived culture of central Italy. After settling in Rome, he traveled extensively in the surrounding countryside, including

Borås Art Gallery

offering a glimpse into the quiet beauty of a Swedish winter

The composition presents a turbulent sea beneath an immense cloud formation rising over the horizon

Back amid the wild forests and mirror-like lakes of western Sweden

perhaps lost in thought or simply enjoying the scenic view

No matter where she resided

navigating the bleak winter evening

unframed 32 × 52 cm (12 ⅝ × 20 ½ in)framed 42 × 63 cm (16 ½ × 24 ¾ in)

The contours are softened rather than sharply defined

Fryken is not only a geographical feature but also a cultural landscape

is emblematic of the Scandinavian coastal scenery that many artists of Thunman’s era sought to immortalize on canvas

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