Karin at the Shore is a watercolor by Carl Larsson from 1908.

Karin at the Shore
Swedish: Karin vid stranden
ArtistCarl Larsson
Year1908 (1908)
Typewatercolor
LocationMalmö Art Museum, Malmö

Description edit

The watercolor depicts Carl Larsson's wife Karin Bergöö Larsson in the garden outside their home Lilla Hyttnäs at Sundbornsån in Dalarna, on a sunny day.[1]

The watercolor was reproduced in Carl Larsson's On the sunny side: a book about the dwelling, about children, about you, about flowers, about everything: outside the home, which was published in 1910. It contains reproductions of 32 paintings with text.[2]

Provenance edit

The painting was purchased by the City of Malmö in the Baltic Exhibition from 1914. It is held by the Malmö Art Museum.

References edit

  1. ^ "Karin at the Shore". www.europeana.eu. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  2. ^ Åt solsidan :en bok om boningsrum, om barn, om dig, om blommor, om allt : taflor och prat /af Carl Larsson. Göteborgs universitet. 1910.

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