David August Wallin (7 January 1876 – 27 June 1957) was a Swedish artist . In 1932 he won an Olympic Gold Medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games in Los Angeles for his oil painting " At the Seaside of Arild ".
101-426: David Wallin is best known for his oil paintings with genre motifs and idealized images of nude women in atmospheric landscapes, where he stressed the affinity of human and nature. He also painted tender depictions of mother and child, and a series of portraits of famous Swedes and genres as figures, landscapes and nudes, still lifes and religious images. He is represented in a large number of museums. In 1905 he married
202-562: A big number of artists of the time. The fight for the decoration of the wedding room in the new Stockholm Court House became one of the most dramatic in the Swedish history of monumental art. Proposals for the wedding room also came from for instance the artists Isaac Grünewald and Georg Pauli . At last, the decorative paintings in fresco in the wedding room were painted by the artist, master house painter and ornamental painter Filip Månsson, an artist who had earlier carried out décor paintings in
303-545: A career as an artist, his first artistic experience was an altarpiece by the artist Pehr Hörberg in Östra Husby church. He worked as a store clerk and as a painter's apprentice in Norrköping 1893–1896, simultaneously attending lectures at a technical evening college. In 1896 he arrived in Stockholm and found work in the studio/atelier of Carl Grabow , a Swedish decorative painter of theatrical décor. Carl Grabow had established
404-427: A central sacred tree , Yggdrasil . Units of time and elements of the cosmology are personified as deities or beings. Various forms of a creation myth are recounted, where the world is created from the flesh of the primordial being Ymir , and the first two humans are Ask and Embla . These worlds are foretold to be reborn after the events of Ragnarök when an immense battle occurs between the gods and their enemies, and
505-609: A decorating studio in Kungsholmen in Stockholm. The Grabow Collection at the Drottningholm Theatre Museum is unique documentary material for those wishing to study Swedish scenography of the late 19th century and the first years of the 20th century. Then Wallin continued his studies at the Technical Evening College (Tekniska skolan) in Stockholm under Anders Forsberg, who was a Swedish artist and art teacher and
606-607: A dimly suggested landscape, often romantic couples. In Rome he painted figures and street-life studies in addition to portraits, including several of " Mrs. Carin Lidman ", born Thiel, later Mrs. Carin Östberg. In 1919 she married the famous Swedish architect and artist Ragnar Östberg , most famous for designing Stockholm City Hall. Ragnar Östberg was also Professor of Architecture at the Art Academy in Stockholm architecture school from 1922 to 1932. Wallin's portrait of Mrs. Carin Lidman shows
707-509: A drowning accident in the summer of 1919. Of course the family was affected much by this. Elin did not continue to paint. David painted many melancholy motifs of mother and child, deeply influenced by his grief. After a few years the family was extended again with two children, a girl and a boy. From 1913, the family lived in Hjärnegatan 10 in Kungsholmen , and in 1928 the family could move into
808-570: A fascinating evening lighting. " Ragnhild " was exhibited nine times, both in Sweden and abroad, from 1917 to 1952. In 1998 the painting was donated to the Östergötlands länsmuseum in Linköping ( Östergötland County Museum). " The Salmon Fisherman " (1915–1919) constitutes an undisputed high point. The mood of nature is here combined with deep, but yet restrained, feeling, filled with grief. Wallin's preference for running water reminds us that in his youth he
909-455: A female being of the same name , may be ferried away by valkyries to Odin's martial hall Valhalla , or may be chosen by the goddess Freyja to dwell in her field Fólkvangr . The goddess Rán may claim those that die at sea, and the goddess Gefjon is said to be attended by virgins upon their death. Texts also make reference to reincarnation . Time itself is presented between cyclic and linear, and some scholars have argued that cyclic time
1010-473: A large apartment in Östermalm , Karlavägen 43, overlooking Humlegården . Now David was close to his artist work-rooms, located just across the Humlegården. The atelier , his studio with workroom, was on the upper top floor and had sloping roof windows on Humlegårdsgatan 23 in Stockholm with a view over the ( National Library of Sweden ), Kungliga biblioteket, KB. The atelier, he had it already in autumn of 1904,
1111-632: A nude on the shore, bathed in light, and " L’air du printemps ", painted in Italy in 1910. Le Salon was the official art exhibition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris . " By the Wellspring of Life ", too, is characterized by a diffuse setting into which he has introduced the movements of playing children and water. Wallin's palette is ascetic and suggests the influence of Puvis de Chavannes. Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
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#17329381670911212-524: A private art school on Grevgatan 26 in Östermalm in Stockholm. For several decades the school played an important role in preparing young artists for the Academy of Arts. During the years 1902–1904 Wallin studied in the evenings at the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design (in Swedish simply known as Konstfack ) in Stockholm. Konstfack , sometimes also called Tekniska skolan, was at that time in
1313-587: A private modern art gallery she assembled, from 1904 to 1913 when she lived in Paris, with her brother Leo Stein , an art critic. The Steins were important collectors and supporters of Henri Matisse 's paintings . Wallin also studied modern works in the Edmond Auguste Pellerin’s collection of Paul Cézanne ’s painting collection and at exhibitions. Wallin exhibited several compositions at "Le Salon (Paris) " in addition to " Portrait of Elin ", " Au Soleil ",
1414-712: A rare departure from these themes. David Wallin won the Olympic Gold Medal in painting in Los Angeles , California , United States , in the 1932 Summer Olympics in the United States of America . Art competitions were held as part of 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. Medals were awarded in five categories ( architecture , literature , music , painting and sculpture ) for works inspired by sport-related themes. David Wallin won an Olympic Gold Medal in
1515-463: A region in the center of the cosmos. Outside of the gods, humanity, and the jötnar, these Nine Worlds are inhabited by beings, such as elves and dwarfs . Travel between the worlds is frequently recounted in the myths, where the gods and other beings may interact directly with humanity. Numerous creatures live on Yggdrasil, such as the insulting messenger squirrel Ratatoskr and the perching hawk Veðrfölnir . The tree itself has three major roots, and at
1616-567: A shimmering young womanhood which is reproduced in richly nuanced, scented colors. Wallin spent two summers at the Scandinavian Artists’ colony (or Art colony ) at Volterra in Tuscany , where he returned to a genre that he had embarked on at home, it was that of nudes in a landscape. His wife and children served as models. The best of these studies suggest the love of light playing on skin and greenery so typical of plein-air painting. Volterra
1717-438: A very special force to be reckoned with within Swedish art, both in terms of his compositions and as the creator of a world of his own. He has an emotional world of his own which focuses with special intensity on the mother-child theme. We have to return to the classical painting of old to find a woman of the monumentality of " A Young Swedish Girl " or " Ragnhild " (created 1914, signed 1916), and to modern Norwegian art to find
1818-480: A whole composition. It is also a technical term used by artists and art historians for using contrasts of light to achieve a sense of volume in modeling three-dimensional objects such as the human body. Chiaroscuro originated during the Renaissance as drawing on coloured paper, where the artist worked from this base tone towards light, with white gouache, and dark, with ink, bodycolour or watercolour. The French use of
1919-496: Is Njörðr's unnamed sister (her name is unprovided in the source material). However, there is more information about his pairing with the skiing and hunting goddess Skaði . Their relationship is ill-fated, as Skaði cannot stand to be away from her beloved mountains, nor Njörðr from the seashore. Together, Freyja, Freyr, and Njörðr form a portion of gods known as the Vanir . While the Aesir and
2020-451: Is a small town 45 km southwest of Florence. In 1910 the family moved to Paris at Rue de l’Abbé Grégoire, a street in 6th arrondissement in Paris , where they were friends with, among others, the circle surrounding Erik Tryggelin (1878–1962), a Swedish painter and photographer, and Gottfrid Larsson (1875–1947), a Swedish sculptor. Both of them also studied in Paris with scholarship. In springtime in 1912 Wallin and his wife Elin were
2121-560: Is also from this period, " On the Balcony by the Sea " (composition, signed 1916). The self-portrait, 120 x 90 cm, was donated in 1999 by David Wallin's heirs to the Art Museum of Norrköping in Östergötland (Norrköpings konstmuseum). The portrait was created during a very active period of the artist's life, when he was inspired of magnificent nature in harmony with his inner emotionally flows. In
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#17329381670912222-523: Is engineered by Loki , and Baldr thereafter resides in Hel , a realm ruled over by an entity of the same name . Odin must share half of his share of the dead with a powerful goddess, Freyja . She is beautiful, sensual, wears a feathered cloak, and practices seiðr . She rides to battle to choose among the slain and brings her chosen to her afterlife field Fólkvangr . Freyja weeps for her missing husband Óðr and seeks after him in faraway lands. Freyja's brother,
2323-583: Is primarily attested in dialects of Old Norse , a North Germanic language spoken by the Scandinavian people during the European Middle Ages and the ancestor of modern Scandinavian languages . The majority of these Old Norse texts were created in Iceland , where the oral tradition stemming from the pre-Christian inhabitants of the island was collected and recorded in manuscripts. This occurred primarily in
2424-568: The Academy ’s Ducal Prize for his oil painting " Kraka " and in 1904 he was awarded the Royal Medal for Portrait Painting . " Kraka " is a Norse mythology oil painting, of a little girl called Aslög or also called " Kraka " or " Kraka meets Ragnar Lodbrok " (Hrólf saga kraka, the Saga of King Hrolf kraki). David Wallin’s oil painting of " Kraka " has the dimensions of 223 x 149 cm. Kraka
2525-665: The Art competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics in painting of the Olympic Games for his oil painting " At the Seaside of Arild ". The Gold Medal was won in competition with names like Isaac Grünewald and Bruno Liljefors . After the success with the Olympic Gold Medal Wallin was invited over to the United States to do a tour with a touring exhibition . He visited New York City , among other places. Art competitions were part of
2626-567: The Christianization of Scandinavia as the Nordic folklore of the modern period. The northernmost extension of Germanic mythology and stemming from Proto-Germanic folklore , Norse mythology consists of tales of various deities, beings, and heroes derived from numerous sources from both before and after the pagan period, including medieval manuscripts, archaeological representations, and folk tradition. The source texts mention numerous gods such as
2727-658: The Norse mythology . Kraka is also known as the legendary Aslög ( Aslaug ) in the Norse mythology . She is the daughter of Sigurd and Brynhild Fafnesbane, wife of Ragnar Lodbrok . Aslaug , Aslög, Kraka, Kráka or Randalin, was a queen of Scandinavian mythology who appears in Snorri’s Edda, the Völsunga saga and the saga of Ragnar Lodbrok . Some other Swedish painters, who had earlier painted " Kraka ", are Mårten Eskil Winge (1825–1896) and August Malmström (1829–1901). David Wallin
2828-837: The Stockholm Court House (Swedish: Stockholms Rådhus) – a Frieze of Life, now in the Lund University ’s Archives for the Decorative Arts in Lund in Sweden (also known as Museum of Sketches for Public Art ). Stockholm Court House is situated on Kungsholmen in Central Stockholm , Sweden. The building was constructed between 1909 and 1915. The décoration of the wedding room at the Stockholm Court House had been preceded of three competitions (1912–1914) which had attracted
2929-495: The representational or realistic values retained by Impressionism . While Fauvism as a style began around 1900 and continued beyond 1910, the movement as such lasted only a few years, 1904–1908, and had three exhibitions. Kees van Dongen gained a reputation for his sensuous, at times garish, portraits. Wallin studied modern works at the Gertrude Stein ’s modern art gallery in Paris. Much of Gertrude Stein's fame derives from
3030-612: The 13th century by Snorri and Gesta Danorum , composed in Latin by Saxo Grammaticus in Denmark in the 12th century, are the results of heavy amounts of euhemerization. Numerous additional texts, such as the sagas , provide further information. The saga corpus consists of thousands of tales recorded in Old Norse ranging from Icelandic family histories ( Sagas of Icelanders ) to Migration period tales mentioning historic figures such as Attila
3131-796: The 13th century. These texts include the Prose Edda , composed in the 13th century by the Icelandic scholar, lawspeaker , and historian Snorri Sturluson , and the Poetic Edda , a collection of poems from earlier traditional material anonymously compiled in the 13th century. The Prose Edda was composed as a prose manual for producing skaldic poetry—traditional Old Norse poetry composed by skalds . Originally composed and transmitted orally, skaldic poetry utilizes alliterative verse , kennings , and several metrical forms. The Prose Edda presents numerous examples of works by various skalds from before and after
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3232-718: The 1920s Wallin continued on the path of the free composition in which he strove for a synthesis of color and the play of light. His subject matter was usually nature, mother and child . David Wallin has exhibited in Paris, Vienna, Berlin, Munich, Dresden, Rome, Venice, Copenhagen, Budapest, Reval, Riga, Turku, Helsinki, Buenos Aires and in several U.S. cities, in Stockholm at Liljevalchs, Baltic Exhibition in Malmö in 1914, solo exhibition in "Nordic Art" at Gothenburg Jubilee Exhibition in 1923 and solo exhibition at Konstakademien ( Royal Swedish Academy of Arts in Stockholm ) in 1926. Göteborgs Konsthall
3333-568: The 1930s David Wallin continued to devote himself to nudes , the relationship between man and nature , and the bond between mother and child . He painted " In the Summertime " (1932), and " At the Seaside of Arild " (1932). The latter earned him an Olympic Gold Medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in California in the United States of America. " Father at Ninety " (1929) represents
3434-740: The Christianization process and also frequently refers back to the poems found in the Poetic Edda . The Poetic Edda consists almost entirely of poems, with some prose narrative added, and this poetry— Eddic poetry—utilizes fewer kennings . In comparison to skaldic poetry, Eddic poetry is relatively unadorned. The Prose Edda features layers of euhemerization , a process in which deities and supernatural beings are presented as having been either actual, magic-wielding human beings who have been deified in time or beings demonized by way of Christian mythology . Texts such as Heimskringla , composed in
3535-601: The Hun ( legendary sagas ). Objects and monuments such as the Rök runestone and the Kvinneby amulet feature runic inscriptions —texts written in the runic alphabet , the indigenous alphabet of the Germanic peoples —that mention figures and events from Norse mythology. Objects from the archaeological record may also be interpreted as depictions of subjects from Norse mythology, such as amulets of
3636-550: The Migratory Birds ”. The big painting reveals the influence of the French painter Jean-François Millet , but is clearly inspired by real life. A number of chiaroscuro portraits (an artistic technique) testify to his infatuation with Rembrandt during his student days at the Academy. Chiaroscuro is Italian for “ light-dark ” in art and is characterized by strong contrasts between light and dark, usually bold contrasts affecting
3737-596: The Northland of Sweden) and Norwegian landscapes. The sketches of David Wallin, which are interesting from a painterly point of view and often exquisite, are part of his long and tireless career as an artist. Several canvases and smaller sketches show immediate coloristic inspiration and a freely poetic color which fuses reality and fantasy. In his landscapes as in his nudes the intense, romantic feeling transforms mountains, rivers, forests and meadows into outpouring of subjective moods. David Wallin's portrait gallery contains
3838-647: The Norwegian woman Ragnhild Tregagås —convicted of witchcraft in Norway in the 14th century—and spells found in the 17th century Icelandic Galdrabók grimoire also sometimes make references to Norse mythology. Other traces, such as place names bearing the names of gods may provide further information about deities, such as a potential association between deities based on the placement of locations bearing their names, their local popularity, and associations with geological features. Central to accounts of Norse mythology are
3939-517: The Olympic program from 1912 to 1948, but were discontinued due to concerns about amateurism and professionalism. Since 1952 a non-competitive art and cultural festival has been associated with each Games. The 1940s and 1950s brought new variations on the theme figure in landscape. He painted " On my Island in the Archipelago " (1940), " Salmon Fishermen in Ådalen " (1943) and " Midsummer’s Eve " (1945). At
4040-584: The Pre-Raphaelites) and other groups, including James McNeill Whistler , who was an American-born, British-based artist. In London there were major collections of Pre-Raphaelite work in the Tate Gallery ( Tate Modern or simply Tate ) and Victoria and Albert Museum . Tate is Britain's national gallery of international modern art and forms and V&A is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design. David Wallin's own portrait " Portrait of my Wife "
4141-542: The Vanir retain distinct identification, they came together as the result of the Aesir–Vanir War . While they receive less mention, numerous other gods and goddesses appear in the source material. (For a list of these deities, see List of Germanic deities .) Some of the gods heard less of include the apple-bearing goddess Iðunn and her husband, the skaldic god Bragi ; the gold-toothed god Heimdallr , born of nine mothers ;
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4242-522: The actor and prominent opera singer John Forsell . David Wallin has often been described as unabashedly romantic. And he could, in fact, arguably be said to be “the last romantic in Sweden”, inasmuch as his approach to life often remained colored by the atmosphere at the turn-of-the-century. He strove to meld the intimate and the monumental in lyrically colored moods – which meant that he gradually distanced himself from modern trends in painting. This approach
4343-712: The ancient god Týr , who lost his right hand while binding the great wolf Fenrir ; and the goddess Gefjon , who formed modern-day Zealand , Denmark . Various beings outside of the gods are mentioned. Elves and dwarfs are commonly mentioned and appear to be connected, but their attributes are vague and the relation between the two is ambiguous. Elves are described as radiant and beautiful, whereas dwarfs often act as earthen smiths. A group of beings variously described as jötnar , thursar , and trolls (in English these are all often glossed as " giants ") frequently appear. These beings may either aid, deter, or take their place among
4444-521: The artist Elin Wallin , born Lundberg (1884–1969). He was the brother of the Swedish-American artist Carl E. Wallin (1879–1968), and he was the father of the Swedish artist Bianca Wallin (1909–2006) and the artist Sigurd Wallin (1916–1999). David Wallin grew up on a farm, Varby, in Östra Husby parish, a locality on Vikbolandet , which had been in the family since the 17th century. His parents were
4545-469: The artist Sigurd Wallin (1916–1999). When she had left the girls' school in Örebro Elin Wallin went to evening courses at the Technical school in Örebro in 1901 and 1902. In 1902 she passed the examination as a needlework mistress at Hulda Lundin's seminary in Stockholm and after that she continued her studies in 1902–1904 at Althins målarskola. Caleb Althin was the founder of Althin's school of painting,
4646-615: The base of one of these roots live the Norns , female entities associated with fate. Elements of the cosmos are personified, such as the Sun ( Sól , a goddess), the Moon ( Máni , a god), and Earth ( Jörð , a goddess), as well as units of time, such as day ( Dagr , a god) and night ( Nótt , a jötunn). The afterlife is a complex matter in Norse mythology. The dead may go to the murky realm of Hel —a realm ruled over by
4747-527: The block of Beridarebanan in Norrmalm , between Klara kyrka and Hötorget . During two periods, in 1905–1906 and 1910–1911, she studied at the Académie Colarossi in Paris. The Académie Colarossi accepted female students and allowed them to draw from the nude male model. Colarossi was as an alternative to the government-sanctioned École des Beaux Arts that had, in the eyes of many promising young artists at
4848-520: The building. Other works Wallin also worked on the mother-child theme: portraits of young girls, children, and nudes. Much was a continuation of earlier ideas. His pictures of children are often characterized by a fragile fairy tale atmosphere, such as " A Little Bud on a Green Meadow " (1914) and " Story Time in the Garden " (1918). The nudes are based on the contrast of light and shadow, movement and rest, " Spring Holiday " (1914). In this big painting with
4949-456: The carpenter Alexander Wallin and his wife Inga Helena Larsdotter. He grew up in a large household with many siblings, a sister and four brothers. The home was strictly religious, and his father turned to the Bible and the writings of Carl Olof Rosenius for daily guidance. The popular revival movement was a powerful influence on life in the large household with the many children. Wallin dreamt early of
5050-494: The children portraits with their bright color touches. In bright memories she tries to cling to elements of their seven children, of whom she lost two in a very early age. There are pictures from a family album, with no claim to universality, but right in the humble plea to heart. Wallin has also appeared with illustrations in magazines. Elin Wallin was only 20 years old when she married David Wallin, 29 years old, on 14 September 1905; they had been engaged since 25 March that year. It
5151-486: The cosmological tree Yggdrasil to gain knowledge of the runic alphabet, which he passed on to humanity, and is associated closely with death, wisdom, and poetry. Odin is portrayed as the ruler of Asgard , and leader of the Aesir . Odin's wife is the powerful goddess Frigg who can see the future but tells no one, and together they have a beloved son, Baldr . After a series of dreams had by Baldr of his impending death, his death
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#17329381670915252-510: The equivalent of Wallin's moving studies of children. The spiritual element sometimes emerges too forcefully, but it never turns cheap or sentimental. The physicality, both of the phenomenon itself and of the painting, is ever present”. (August Brunius in Svenska Dagbladet, May 16, 1917). " Ragnhild ", 73 x 79 cm, can be counted as a portrait, but it is sooner a composition, where the artist with inspiration and accuracy has brought about
5353-511: The era. He was a professor at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, he pushed his students to think outside of the lines of formality and to follow their visions. Wallin also became acquainted with the works of Édouard Manet , Pierre-Auguste Renoir , and other impressionists artists painting in the style of impressionism , an association of Paris-based artists. In London Wallin studied the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (also known as
5454-416: The exhibition. The Swedish architect Ferdinand Boberg was responsible for the shaping of the exhibition. David Wallin exhibited at the Association of Swedish Artists’ exhibition in Stockholm in 1917 in Liljevalchs konsthall in Stockholm, which was built in 1916. The exhibition devoted a separate room to Wallin's art. August Brunius was responsible for the most favourable reviews in which he proclaimed Wallin
5555-419: The family stayed in Rome at Lehmanns boarding-house, which was owned by Mrs. Lehmann in Via Frattina. During the summers David stayed in Volterra , southwest of Florence , where there was a colony of artists . During the years 1910–1913 the family stayed in Paris at 43 Rue de l’Abbé Grégoire in Montparnasse-Luxembourg. During their time in Paris the family Wallin got to know some other Swedish artists including
5656-442: The features of many leading personalities within Swedish cultural life. Among the most famous early oil portraits, often chiaroscuro, are the portraits of the artist Axel Fahlkrantz (1851–1925) (1904), the poet and writer Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1904), the university president and architect Viktor Adler (1907), the founder of the telephone company Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson Lars Magnus Ericsson and wife ,
5757-515: The format 168 x 129 cm the artist shows something of his best nude painting. In 1999 the painting was donated to Moderna museet in Stockholm (the Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm). In 1914 David Wallin participated in the Baltic exhibition (Baltiska utställningen), which was an arts and crafts exhibition held in Malmö in the castle Malmöhus (now Malmö Art Museum) during the period May 15 – October 4, 1914. The Baltic countries of that time, Sweden, Denmark, Germany and Russia, were represented in
5858-464: The founder of the color company Wilhelm Becker (1904), Mrs. Granberg (1904), the young girl Barbro Gyllenhammar (1904), Portrait of the Publisher Saxon (1907), and the count and fellow artist, professor at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts in Stockholm Count Georg von Rosen (1908), depicting meditating in front of a painting. Among the most famous portraits in oil of prominent Swedes later on are Mrs Waldenström (1914),
5959-411: The founding of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts . " Resting Negro " was detect the influence of Paul Gauguin ’s "The Spirit of the Dead Awakens". Wallin had copied details taken from Paul Cézanne and Paul Gauguin . The décor of the wedding room at the Stockholm Court House After his return to Sweden in the autumn 1913 Wallin occupied himself with proposals for the décor of the wedding room at
6060-486: The god Freyr , is also frequently mentioned in surviving texts, and in his association with the weather, royalty, human sexuality, and agriculture brings peace and pleasure to humanity. Deeply lovesick after catching sight of the beautiful jötunn Gerðr , Freyr seeks and wins her love, yet at the price of his future doom. Their father is the powerful god Njörðr . Njörðr is strongly associated with ships and seafaring, and so also wealth and prosperity. Freyja and Freyr's mother
6161-408: The god Thor's hammer Mjölnir found among pagan burials and small silver female figures interpreted as valkyries or dísir , beings associated with war, fate or ancestor cults. By way of historical linguistics and comparative mythology , comparisons to other attested branches of Germanic mythology (such as the Old High German Merseburg Incantations ) may also lend insight. Wider comparisons to
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#17329381670916262-400: The gods. The Norns , dísir , and aforementioned valkyries also receive frequent mention. While their functions and roles may overlap and differ, all are collective female beings associated with fate. In Norse cosmology , all beings live in Nine Worlds that center around the cosmological tree Yggdrasil . The gods inhabit the heavenly realm of Asgard whereas humanity inhabits Midgard ,
6363-496: The modern period, the Romanticist Viking revival re-awoke an interest in the subject matter, and references to Norse mythology may now be found throughout modern popular culture . The myths have further been revived in a religious context among adherents of Germanic Neopaganism . The historical religion of the Norse people is commonly referred to as Norse mythology . Other terms are Scandinavian mythology , North Germanic mythology or Nordic mythology . Norse mythology
6464-452: The motif. " Under the Tree ", was exhibited 1926 and " Mother and Child " was also exhibited 1926. " Mother and Child " is in the collections of the Budapest art museum in Hungary , Museum of Fine Arts (Budapest) ( in Hungarian : Szépművészeti Múzeum ). In 1926 the paintings " Arilds fishing village " ("Arilds läge") and " Memories of youth " were purchased by Nationalmuseum in Stockholm (National Museum of Fine Arts in Sweden). During
6565-403: The mythology of other Indo-European peoples by scholars has resulted in the potential reconstruction of far earlier myths. Only a tiny amount of poems and tales survive of the many mythical tales and poems that are presumed to have existed during the Middle Ages, Viking Age, Migration Period, and before. Later sources reaching into the modern period, such as a medieval charm recorded as used by
6666-436: The mythology, Thor lays waste to numerous jötnar who are foes to the gods or humanity, and is wed to the beautiful, golden-haired goddess Sif . The god Odin is also frequently mentioned in surviving texts. One-eyed, wolf - and raven -flanked, with a spear in hand, Odin pursues knowledge throughout the nine realms. In an act of self-sacrifice, Odin is described as having hanged himself upside-down for nine days and nights on
6767-446: The painting has now been deposit with the castle of Linköping. At the same time the oil painting " Springtime in the forest " (1914–1925), 118 x 94 cm, was also donated to Linköping (Östergötland County Museum). It is a composition with a forest landscape with two figures. An old man is sitting by a tree trunk and a young girl is going with springy steps on the forest road, showing the artist's typically philosophizing presentation of
6868-403: The parents of four children, four girls born in 1906, 1907, 1909 and 1912, so it was natural that David's motifs often were the mother-child theme. Wallin was first introduced to modern contemporary painting in Paris , where he visited André Lhote and Kees van Dongen. André Lhote , (1885–1962) was a French sculptor and painter of figure subjects, portraits, landscapes and still life. André Lhote
6969-461: The parents of seven children, five daughters and two sons, born in 1906 to 1924. Among Wallin's favorites in Paris were Jean-François Millet, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes and Gustave Moreau. Jean-François Millet was a French painter and one of the founders of the Barbizon school in rural France . Millet is noted for his scenes of peasant farmers, he can be categorized as part of the naturalism and realism movements. Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
7070-458: The particularly strong summer light, reminiscent of that of Skagen . Wallin also made pure landscape painting with pictures of Omberg (Omberg, a mountain in western Östergötland along Vättern's eastern shore), Scania ( Scania in the southernmost of Sweden), Bohuslän ( Bohuslän on the west coast of Sweden), Västmanlands bergslag (the western Västmanland traditionally belonged to the mining district of Bergslagen ), Norrland ( Norrland in
7171-461: The period 1908–1913, with only brief visits to his native country and to Spain. In Italy, Wallin was based in Rome and Florence during the years 1908–1910 together with his family, his wife and his three daughters at that time. In Rome the family stayed at Via Frattina. Numerous sketches and jottings in his sketchbooks testify to studies of Renaissance painting. His own compositional ideas often consist of vague sketches with one or more figures in
7272-592: The plights of the gods and their interaction with various other beings, such as with the jötnar , who may be friends, lovers, foes, or family members of the gods. Numerous gods are mentioned in the source texts. As evidenced by records of personal names and place names, the most popular god among the Scandinavians during the Viking Age was Thor the thunder god , who is portrayed as unrelentingly pursuing his foes, his mountain-crushing, thunderous hammer Mjölnir in hand. In
7373-447: The professor, mathematician Gösta Mittag-Leffler (1920), the author, phonetician, philologist and professor Fredrik Wulff (1922), the professor of literature and cultural history Henrik Schück (1923), the Swedish sculptor Carl Milles (1925), the councilman, director general and politician Bo von Stockenström (1926), the wife of Bo von Stockenström Anna von Stockenström (1926), Countess Magnus Brahe (1927),
7474-590: The professor, philosopher and jurist Axel Hägerström (1929), the doctor and Nobel Laureate Gustaf Dalén (1929), the general and politician Carl Gustaf Hammarskjöld (1930), the lord mayor in Örebro and president at Örebro Savings Bank Victor Schneider (1934), the professor and surgeon Abraham Troell (1938), the Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs in the National Unity Government Christian Günther (1939) and
7575-719: The same time, he also devoted himself to pure landscape painting such as the pictures of Arild at the foot of Kullaberg in Scania . Arild was a fishing village and seaside resort as well as a resort for artists and writers. The coastline at Arild constitute a special landscape. It is a rocky coast with cobblestone flat rocks and rauk-like rocks. Arild was also an artist colony with famous names such as Gustaf Rydberg, Gustaf Cederström , Fritz von Dardel, Olof Krumlinde, Isaac Grünewald , Nathanael Beskow, Richard Bergh and Herman Österlund and more Skagen Painters , who gathered at Mother Cilla inn. In Kullaberg they were able to take advantage of
7676-548: The same week as the wedding. It was one of the first exhibitions that David ever had. After the wedding they went on honeymoon to Paris and London. David painted a couple of small paintings with Elin in the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris. The couple settled in Stockholm and Elin and David became parents of seven children, born in 1906, 1907, 1909, 1912, 1916, 1922 and 1924, five girls and two boys. The two oldest girls were born in Sweden, Helena and Hillevi. Their daughter Bianca
7777-421: The sculptor Gottfrid Larsson (1875–1936) with wife Karen Larsson (born Waaler), who were staying in Paris in 1908–1913, and the artist and photographer Erik Tryggelin (1879–1962). In the autumn 1913 the family moved back to Sweden and Stockholm. When the fifth child came it was finally a boy, Sigurd, and happiness seemed complete. But, there was heavy grief of the family, two girls, Hillevi and Dagny, died in
7878-632: The teacher of freehand drawing at the Technical School. In 1898 Wallin was admitted at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts in Stockholm , where his fellow students included Karl Isakson , Ivar Arosenius and John Bauer . His teacher was among others Georg von Rosen . In 1903–1904 he studied briefly at the École des Beaux-Arts and Académie Colarossi in Paris , where his teacher was the Norwegian naturalist painter, illustrator, author and journalist Christian Krohg . In 1902 Wallin received
7979-584: The term, clair-obscur , was introduced in the seventeenth century. In photography, chiaroscuro is often effected with the use of " Rembrandt lighting ". Another motif was that of his wife and the mother-child theme, e.g. " Spring "(1905), an oil portrait of his wife in the Lill-Jans Forest in Stockholm. Several sketches of his wife show remarkable coloristic free and easy manners. Some charming oils include " Elin sewing " (1905), " Elin against blue sky " (1905), and " Elin in sunshine " (1906). In 1908, Wallin
8080-401: The thunder-god Thor , the raven -flanked god Odin , the goddess Freyja , and numerous other deities . Most of the surviving mythology centers on the plights of the gods and their interaction with several other beings, such as humanity and the jötnar , beings who may be friends, lovers, foes, or family members of the gods. The cosmos in Norse mythology consists of Nine Worlds that flank
8181-694: The time, become far too conservative. Together with her husband David Wallin she travelled for study to London in 1905, Paris 1905–1906 and 1910–1911, Italy 1908–1910, Germany 1905, 1906 and 1908, Denmark 1908. Most of Elin Wallin's work was created during the years 1902–1919. She was mainly occupied with portraits in oil, pencil and tempera, as well as drawing and painting flowers and landscapes in oil, watercolor, pencil and charcoal. Wallin's art can, by sheer radiant colors display relations to David Wallin. The landscapes and portraits of her husband, one senses perhaps more reminiscent of French impressionism . Mostly, however, her paintings carries her own mark, especially
8282-524: The world is enveloped in flames, only to be reborn anew. There the surviving gods will meet, and the land will be fertile and green, and two humans will repopulate the world. Norse mythology has been the subject of scholarly discourse since the 17th century when key texts attracted the attention of the intellectual circles of Europe. By way of comparative mythology and historical linguistics , scholars have identified elements of Germanic mythology reaching as far back as Proto-Indo-European mythology . During
8383-566: Was a French painter , who became the president and co-founder of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts and whose work influenced many other artists. " In the Beginning " is reminiscent of Eugène Carrière's romantic visions of the mother-child bond. Eugène Carrière was a French symbolist artist of the Fin de siècle period. Carrière was one of the leaders in the secessionist movement, which led to
8484-416: Was a French painter, who became the president and co-founder of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts and whose work influenced many other artists. Gustave Moreau was a French Symbolist painter , a late nineteenth-century art movement of French and Belgian origin, whose main focus was the illustration of biblical and mythological figures. He was the movement's inspirational teacher, and he did much for
8585-416: Was a Norse princess. She caught the attention of the old king Ragnar Lodbrok thanks to her immense beauty. Before Ragnar took Kraka to his wife he wanted to bring her wisdom to a test. Ragnar invited Kraka to dinner and told her at the same time that she should neither be dressed nor undressed. Kraka survived the challenge by coming dressed in a fishing net. This is the story of the Norse fairy figure Kraka in
8686-483: Was a Swedish artist and drawer. She was married to the Swedish artist David Wallin . Elin Wallin grew up in Ekersgatan 13 in Örebro . She was the daughter of an elementary school teacher, Viktor Lundberg, and his wife Anna Lundberg, born Kalling, Örebro, and sister to the damask weaver Carl Widlund and sister to Hilda Sofia (Hild) Zetterlind-Simonsen. She was the mother of the artist Bianca Wallin (1909–2006) and of
8787-890: Was a member of Swedish Artists’ Association, The Artists’ Club in Stockholm and Union Internationale des Beaux-Arts et des Lettres in Paris. In addition to the Budapest Museum in Hungary , Museum of Fine Arts (Budapest) , and the Archives for Decorative Art (The Museum of Sketches) in Lund in the south of Sweden mentioned above, Wallin is also represented in In his youth, Wallin sometimes signed his name as Valin, Walin, or Vallin. Elin Wallin Elin Kristina Wallin (born 29 December 1884 in Gothenburg ; died 25 March 1969 in Stockholm )
8888-478: Was a solemn church wedding and the ceremony took place in Sankt Nikolai church in Örebro , Elin's home town. Dinner was given at Stora hotellet, Örebro , the town's oldest hotel nearby Storbron and Örebro slott at the corner of Drottninggatan 1 and Engelbrektsgatan. The priest who married them, the dean Erik Edlund, was Elin's confirmation priest. The newly married husband David had an exhibition in Örebro in
8989-704: Was an ardent admirer of Ernst Josephson . Two altarpieces and a self-portrait Two altarpieces from this period, 1919 and 1920, are in the churches in Valdemarsvik and Bureå . The altarpiece in Valdemarsvik church, in Östergötland , represents " Christ and the Sinking Peter " (1919). The other altarpiece, in Bureå church, in Västerbotten , represents " Jesus Blessing the Children " (1919–1920). An important self-portrait
9090-544: Was awarded an Academy travel fellowship from the Academy's special fund, which was later extended for another year. The following year, in 1909, he received the Wohlfahrt Award. The scholarship was an award of financial aid for the student to further education. The criteria of the award was that the value and the purpose would further his artistic education. The awards allowed him to live, first in Italy, and then in France during
9191-455: Was born in Rome in Italy in 1909. Their fourth daughter, Dagny, was born in Paris in 1912. In 1908, David Wallin was awarded a Royal Swedish Academy of Arts travel scholarship, which was later extended for another year. The following year he received another award. The awards allowed him to live in Italy, and then in France during the period 1908–1913 with his whole family. During the years 1908–1910
9292-570: Was built as an art exhibition hall for the Jubilee Fair of Gothenburg in 1923, Gothenburg Exhibition (1923). Göteborgs Konsthall later became a part of Gothenburg Museum of Art . The museum building, at Götaplatsen in the center of the city, was created for the international exhibition in Gothenburg 1923 celebrating the city's 300th anniversary. The inaugural exhibition in Göteborgs Konsthall
9393-462: Was built in the late 19th century. The " Grand Palais " (Big Palace) was a large glass exhibition hall that was built for the Paris Exhibition of 1900 . It was located in the 8th arrondissement of Paris . The subject matter of David Wallin's earliest independent paintings was associated with his native soil, for instance his " Family Estate " (1898). The most important among them, “ The Boy and
9494-487: Was deliberate. Wallin never ceased stressing the gap that existed between his own ideals and much of what broke through in today's art. He wanted to remain faithful to these ideals. Wallin had about ten solo exhibitions in Sweden from 1926 to 1953 and about ten Swedish Group Shows in Sweden from 1905 to 1941 and numerous exhibitions sponsored by the Östergötland Art Association in various places in Östergötland. He had about twentyfive exhibitions abroad from 1906 to 1936. Wallin
9595-521: Was engaged in springtime 1905 and in September the same year he married his fellow artist Elin Wallin , born Lundberg (1884–1969). The wedding was on September 14, 1905, in Sankt Nikolai kyrka in Örebro ( The Church of Saint Nicolai in Örebro ), Elin's hometown. After the wedding the couple made a combined wedding and study trip to Paris and London during the years 1905–1906. The couple eventually became
9696-484: Was exhibited in 1926. The painting represents a standing nude woman, and it pays homage to the woman and it is representative for David Wallin's nude painting. Then the painting has been exhibited both abroad in Vienna, Budapest, Riga and in Stockholm at his big solo exhibition at Konstakademien 1931 and 1932. In 1998 the painting was also donated to the Östergötlands länsmuseum in Linköping ( Östergötland County Museum), and
9797-607: Was influenced by Gauguin and Cézanne and Cézanne held his first one-man exhibition at the Galerie Druet in 1910. Nevertheless, 19th-century painting remained Wallin's preference. Kees van Dongen (1877–1968), usually known as just Van Dongen, was a Dutch painter and one of the Fauves. Fauvism is the style of les Fauves (French for "the wild beasts"), a short-lived and loose group of early twentieth-century modern artists whose works emphasized painterly qualities and strong colour over
9898-490: Was rented out during the years when the family lived in Rome and Paris, and it was his workplace for over 50 years. Elin Wallin was a great support for her husband with his work as an artist and she was a very energetic woman. Scandinavian mythology Norse , Nordic , or Scandinavian mythology , is the body of myths belonging to the North Germanic peoples , stemming from Old Norse religion and continuing after
9999-569: Was shown at " Le Salon ", Salon (Paris) , at the Grand Palais des Champs-Elysées on Avenue Alexandre III in Paris. This portrait was a portrait with a sitting model in silver-grey colors which are outlined against dimmed masses of leaves. The avenue Champs-Élysées was located adjacent to the Palais de l’Élysee ( Élysée Palace ) and the presidential palace , with its rounded gate, and the Grand Palais,
10100-579: Was the Jubilee Exhibition of Nordic contemporary art. The exhibition which took place between May 8 and October 15, 1923, was a muster of the Nordic breakthrough generation of modernism . Some of the paintings exhibited in David Wallin's solo Jubilee Exhibition in Gothenburg 1923 and in Stockholm at Konstakademien 1926 were: The big painting " Summer " (created 1914, signed 1923), 201 x 157 cm,
10201-477: Was the original format for the mythology. Various forms of a cosmological creation story are provided in Icelandic sources, and references to a future destruction and rebirth of the world— Ragnarok —are frequently mentioned in some texts. According to the Prose Edda and the Poetic Edda poem, Völuspá , the first human couple consisted of Ask and Embla ; driftwood found by a trio of gods and imbued with life in
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