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| Keywords: Turkhufvud (Amalia Lindegren) - Nationalmuseum - 177816.tif Artwork Creator Amalia Lindegren Turkhufvud Study of a Man in Turkish Dress Acquisition of the month december 2015 To bolster its collection of works by female artists Nationalmuseum has acquired a fine head study by Amalia Lindegren 1814 91 During her lifetime Lindegren enjoyed great success as an artist known chiefly for her portraits and genre paintings She has been represented in Nationalmuseum s collections for over 160 years Girl with an Orange painted in 1855 was one of four works purchased when the Swedish government first allocated funding to Nationalmuseum for new acquisitions exemplifying the contemporary art of the time In Lindegren s youth women still had no access to advanced artistic education in Sweden In 1847 she was granted a special dispensation to study classical art at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts It would be another decade and a half before women were accepted as regular students Then in 1850 Lindegren became the first Swedish woman to receive a government scholarship to pursue art studies abroad Her main destination was Paris but she also spent some time in Munich an artistic metropolis associated especially with historical painting One of the paintings she produced in Munich in the spring of 1854 was this head study of a man with a large grey-flecked beard wearing a turban and a green kaftan edged in a gold pattern The subject is looking down with an introspective gaze Lindegren wrote to the Academy of Fine Arts that she had completed a painting depicting a man in Turkish dress head and shoulders and the head study was sent back to Stockholm Keeping in touch by letter was not enough to ensure an extension of the government scholarship; it was necessary to show tangible results in the form of artworks On 22 December 1854 under the title Turk s Head this painting was offered as a prize in a Christmas lottery run by the Swedish Association for Art The winner was Fredrik Bergwall a manufacturer from Norrköping and the painting has remained in his family s possession until now In her letter to the Academy Lindegren also mentioned that she was working on a painting of Saint Matthew the Evangelist The present whereabouts of that work are unknown but the motif is not far removed from this head study A man wearing a turban and kaftan would also be relevant in a biblical context In both Old and New Testament scenes artists often depicted people in the Middle Eastern forms of dress found in the Holy Land It is not known whether Lindegren had an oriental or biblical motif in mind when she painted this study Nevertheless the painting has several noteworthy qualities It is a subtle human portrait with some reflective melancholic touches Unlike in 1855 Nationalmuseum today has no budget allocation from the government for new acquisitions relying instead on gifting and financial support from private funds and foundations to enhance its collections of fine art and craft The purchase of this work was made possible by a generous donation from the Hedda and N D Qvist Memorial Fund Beskrivning i inventariet MĂ„lningen förestĂ€ller en man i orientalisk drĂ€kt Utförd under Amalia Lindegrens studietid i MĂŒnchen Beskrivning som mĂ„nadens nyförvĂ€rv december 2015 Nationalmuseums samling av kvinnliga konstnĂ€rer har utökats med ett fint studiehuvud utfört av Amalia Lindegren 1814-1891 Hon var redan under sin livstid en mycket framgĂ„ngsrik konstnĂ€r mest kĂ€nd för sina portrĂ€tt och genremĂ„lningar Lindegrens historia i museet spĂ€nner över drygt 160 Ă„r Hennes Flicka med en apelsin utförd Ă„r 1855 var ett av de fyra verk som köptes in nĂ€r staten för första gĂ„ngen avsatte medel för förvĂ€rv av ny konst till Nationalmuseum dĂ„ ett exempel pĂ„ samtidskonsten I Amalia Lindegrens ungdom hade kvinnor Ă€nnu inte tilltrĂ€de till högre konstnĂ€rlig utbildning i Sverige Ă r 1847 kunde hon med sĂ€rskilt tillstĂ„nd börja pĂ„ Konstakademiens antikskola Det skulle dröja drygt ett och ett halvt decennium innan kvinnor antogs som reguljĂ€ra elever Lindegren blev Ă„r 1850 den första svenska kvinna som erhöll statligt bidrag för konstnĂ€rliga studier utomlands Resan frĂ€msta mĂ„l var Paris men hos vistades Ă€ven i MĂŒnchen en konstmetropol sĂ€rskilt kĂ€nd för sitt historiemĂ„leri En av de mĂ„lningar som tillkom i MĂŒnchen vĂ„ren 1854 Ă€r detta studiehuvud förestĂ€llande en man med ett stort grĂ„sprĂ€ngt skĂ€gg Han Ă€r klĂ€dd i en turban och en grön kaftan med gyllene mönster pĂ„ brĂ€met Huvudet Ă€r nedĂ„tböjt och blicken inĂ„tvĂ€nd I ett brev till Konstakademien skrev Lindegren att hon hade utfört en mĂ„lning förestĂ€llande en man i turkisk drĂ€gt bröststycke Studien sĂ€ndes hem till Stockholm För att fĂ„ ett statsstipendium förlĂ€ngt var det inte tillrĂ€ckligt att höra av sig per brev utan konkreta resultat i form av konstverk mĂ„ste visas upp Den 22 december Ă„r 1854 ingick denna mĂ„lning i Konstföreningens lotteri under titeln Turkhufvud Vinsten tillföll fabrikör Fredrik Bergwall i Norrköping och mĂ„lningen har fram till vĂ„r tid funnits i hans slĂ€kts Ă€go I brevet nĂ€mnde Amalia Lindegren Ă€ven att hon arbetade med en mĂ„lning förestĂ€llande evangelisten Matteus Var den finns idag Ă€r inte kĂ€nt men motivet ligger inte sĂ„ lĂ„ngt frĂ„n studiehuvudet Ăven mannen i turban och kaftan hade varit anvĂ€ndbar i en biblisk berĂ€ttelse SĂ„vĂ€l i gammal- som nytestamentliga scener framstĂ€lldes gĂ€rna personerna i drĂ€kter med anknytning till Mellanöstern patriarkernas och Jesu land Om Lindegren nĂ€r hon mĂ„lade denna studie hade ett orientaliskt eller ett bibliskt motiv i tankarna Ă€r inte kĂ€nt Oavsett vilket Ă€r det en mĂ„lning med betydande kvaliteter en subtil personskildring med strĂ„k av eftertĂ€nksamhet och melankoli Till skillnad frĂ„n Ă„r 1855 har Nationalmuseum idag inga statliga medel att förvĂ€rva konsthantverk och konst för utan samlingarna berikas genom gĂ„vor och privata stiftelse- och fondmedel FörvĂ€rvet har möjliggjorts genom ett generöst bidrag frĂ„n Hedda och N D Qvists minnesfond header Acquisition of the month december 2015 To bolster its collection of works by female artists Nationalmuseum has acquired a fine head study by Amalia Lindegren 1814 91 During her lifetime Lindegren enjoyed great success as an artist known chiefly for her portraits and genre paintings She has been represented in Nationalmuseum s collections for over 160 years Girl with an Orange painted in 1855 was one of four works purchased when the Swedish government first allocated funding to Nationalmuseum for new acquisitions exemplifying the contemporary art of the time In Lindegren s youth women still had no access to advanced artistic education in Sweden In 1847 she was granted a special dispensation to study classical art at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts It would be another decade and a half before women were accepted as regular students Then in 1850 Lindegren became the first Swedish woman to receive a government scholarship to pursue art studies abroad Her main destination was Paris but she also spent some time in Munich an artistic metropolis associated especially with historical painting One of the paintings she produced in Munich in the spring of 1854 was this head study of a man with a large grey-flecked beard wearing a turban and a green kaftan edged in a gold pattern The subject is looking down with an introspective gaze Lindegren wrote to the Academy of Fine Arts that she had completed a painting depicting a man in Turkish dress head and shoulders and the head study was sent back to Stockholm Keeping in touch by letter was not enough to ensure an extension of the government scholarship; it was necessary to show tangible results in the form of artworks On 22 December 1854 under the title Turk s Head this painting was offered as a prize in a Christmas lottery run by the Swedish Association for Art The winner was Fredrik Bergwall a manufacturer from Norrköping and the painting has remained in his family s possession until now In her letter to the Academy Lindegren also mentioned that she was working on a painting of Saint Matthew the Evangelist The present whereabouts of that work are unknown but the motif is not far removed from this head study A man wearing a turban and kaftan would also be relevant in a biblical context In both Old and New Testament scenes artists often depicted people in the Middle Eastern forms of dress found in the Holy Land It is not known whether Lindegren had an oriental or biblical motif in mind when she painted this study Nevertheless the painting has several noteworthy qualities It is a subtle human portrait with some reflective melancholic touches Unlike in 1855 Nationalmuseum today has no budget allocation from the government for new acquisitions relying instead on gifting and financial support from private funds and foundations to enhance its collections of fine art and craft The purchase of this work was made possible by a generous donation from the Hedda and N D Qvist Memorial Fund Beskrivning i inventariet MĂ„lningen förestĂ€ller en man i orientalisk drĂ€kt Utförd under Amalia Lindegrens studietid i MĂŒnchen Beskrivning som mĂ„nadens nyförvĂ€rv december 2015 Nationalmuseums samling av kvinnliga konstnĂ€rer har utökats med ett fint studiehuvud utfört av Amalia Lindegren 1814-1891 Hon var redan under sin livstid en mycket framgĂ„ngsrik konstnĂ€r mest kĂ€nd för sina portrĂ€tt och genremĂ„lningar Lindegrens historia i museet spĂ€nner över drygt 160 Ă„r Hennes Flicka med en apelsin utförd Ă„r 1855 var ett av de fyra verk som köptes in nĂ€r staten för första gĂ„ngen avsatte medel för förvĂ€rv av ny konst till Nationalmuseum dĂ„ ett exempel pĂ„ samtidskonsten I Amalia Lindegrens ungdom hade kvinnor Ă€nnu inte tilltrĂ€de till högre konstnĂ€rlig utbildning i Sverige Ă r 1847 kunde hon med sĂ€rskilt tillstĂ„nd börja pĂ„ Konstakademiens antikskola Det skulle dröja drygt ett och ett halvt decennium innan kvinnor antogs som reguljĂ€ra elever Lindegren blev Ă„r 1850 den första svenska kvinna som erhöll statligt bidrag för konstnĂ€rliga studier utomlands Resan frĂ€msta mĂ„l var Paris men hos vistades Ă€ven i MĂŒnchen en konstmetropol sĂ€rskilt kĂ€nd för sitt historiemĂ„leri En av de mĂ„lningar som tillkom i MĂŒnchen vĂ„ren 1854 Ă€r detta studiehuvud förestĂ€llande en man med ett stort grĂ„sprĂ€ngt skĂ€gg Han Ă€r klĂ€dd i en turban och en grön kaftan med gyllene mönster pĂ„ brĂ€met Huvudet Ă€r nedĂ„tböjt och blicken inĂ„tvĂ€nd I ett brev till Konstakademien skrev Lindegren att hon hade utfört en mĂ„lning förestĂ€llande en man i turkisk drĂ€gt bröststycke Studien sĂ€ndes hem till Stockholm För att fĂ„ ett statsstipendium förlĂ€ngt var det inte tillrĂ€ckligt att höra av sig per brev utan konkreta resultat i form av konstverk mĂ„ste visas upp Den 22 december Ă„r 1854 ingick denna mĂ„lning i Konstföreningens lotteri under titeln Turkhufvud Vinsten tillföll fabrikör Fredrik Bergwall i Norrköping och mĂ„lningen har fram till vĂ„r tid funnits i hans slĂ€kts Ă€go I brevet nĂ€mnde Amalia Lindegren Ă€ven att hon arbetade med en mĂ„lning förestĂ€llande evangelisten Matteus Var den finns idag Ă€r inte kĂ€nt men motivet ligger inte sĂ„ lĂ„ngt frĂ„n studiehuvudet Ăven mannen i turban och kaftan hade varit anvĂ€ndbar i en biblisk berĂ€ttelse SĂ„vĂ€l i gammal- som nytestamentliga scener framstĂ€lldes gĂ€rna personerna i drĂ€kter med anknytning till Mellanöstern patriarkernas och Jesu land Om Lindegren nĂ€r hon mĂ„lade denna studie hade ett orientaliskt eller ett bibliskt motiv i tankarna Ă€r inte kĂ€nt Oavsett vilket Ă€r det en mĂ„lning med betydande kvaliteter en subtil personskildring med strĂ„k av eftertĂ€nksamhet och melankoli Till skillnad frĂ„n Ă„r 1855 har Nationalmuseum idag inga statliga medel att förvĂ€rva konsthantverk och konst för utan samlingarna berikas genom gĂ„vor och privata stiftelse- och fondmedel FörvĂ€rvet har möjliggjorts genom ett generöst bidrag frĂ„n Hedda och N D Qvists minnesfond 1854 Oil on canvas Olja pĂ„ duk Size cm 58 5 73 5 Framed Size cm 88 5 103 7 5 Institution Nationalmuseum Stockholm Signerad Am Lindegren MĂŒnchen 1854 ovan till vĂ€nster accession number 177816 NM 7301 place of creation Q1726 Anna Danielsson / Nationalmuseum Nationalmuseum Stockholm cooperation project Licensed-PD-Art PD-old-auto PD-Nationalmuseum_Stockholm 1891 Media contributed by Nationalmuseum Stockholm 2016-10 Media contributed by Nationalmuseum Stockholm connect to wikidata item Paintings in the Nationalmuseum Stockholm Amalia Lindegren | ||||