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Artist: Richard Bergh (1858–1919)
Swedish painter
Depicted people: Eva Bonnier
Title: Konstnärinnan Eva Bonnier
English: The Artist Eva Bonnier
Object type: Painting
Description: In his article Anteckningar om porträttmåleri (Notes on Portrait Painting, 1889) Richard Bergh emphasised the importance of the setting. He painted this portrait of his colleague Eva Bonnier the same year. They discussed the composition of the painting, and Bonnier rejected Bergh’s idea of portraying her in her professional role with artist attributes. Instead, they agreed on a bourgeois domestic environment.
Date: 1889
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Height: 123 cm (48.4 in). Width: 120 cm (47.2 in).
Framed: Height: 141 cm (55.5 in). Width: 137 cm (53.9 in). Depth: 8 cm (3.1 in).
Inscriptions (Swedish): Signerad: RB. - 89 -
SKU: 275237
