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| Keywords: August Strindberg - Landscape, seascape- Vågen VIII (Wave VIII) - Google Art Project.jpg commons artist commons date commons medium commons dimensions commons institution commons location commons references commons object_history commons exhibition_history commons credit_line commons inscriptions commons notes commons accession_number commons source commons permission commons other_versions commons zoom core title en Landscape seascape Vågen VIII Wave VIII core creator August Strindberg core date dateCreated 1901/1902 core format w70 x h100 cm core type Painting core relation http //www digitaltmuseum se/things/oljemlning/S-NM/NM 0132440 core rights Photo Sören Hallgren © Nordiska museet art artist_date 1849-01-22/1912-05-14 c-09caf48a customtext more_information Onrushing wave under stormy sky light with weak yellow-green streak on the horizon Originally a birch tree by the sea the trunk and leaves are visible painted over on the left The expressive and threatening onrushing wave is a fateful motif with strong symbolic connotations of death and destruction that Strindberg returned to several times A reflection of the tensions within him August Strindberg is one of Sweden �s best-known authors both nationally and internationally In addition to works such as The Red Room Natives of Hemsö Master Olof The Father and Miss Julie From an Occult Diary occupies a special place in his works Strindberg was born in Stockholm in 1849 and died in 1912 He lived in a time when the foundations were being laid for the Sweden of today and he played an active part in the debate Strindberg was both hated and loved Strindberg �s interests spanned a very broad range of areas In his early days he experimented with photography Painting was another important part of his artistry His paintings were not intended as an illustration to his literary production but as a distinct form of artistic expression He began painting in 1872 His subjects were nature � forests trees rocks sea and sky � often in an agitated state According to his own words in his novel The Son of a Servant 1886-1887 the motifs were of his own inner landscape You should paint your own inner self and not go and draw logs and rocks which naturally would be meaningless in themselves and could only gain any meaning by passing through the mind and senses of the subject's furnace Therefore they should not be studied but be painted at home from memory and the imagination Johan always painted the sea with the shore in the foreground; sullen pines a few bare rocks further out a white painted beacon a marker a dot The air was mostly cloudy with a faint or strong light on the horizon; sunsets or moonlight never clear daylight For several periods in his life Strindberg preferred to view himself as primarily a painter and to be able to live off his painting Posterity has regarded him as both an amateur and as a pioneer of modern painting Nordiska museet owns the largest collection of Strindberg's paintings 19 pieces and a number of drawings google display_date 1901/1902 google is_artproject TRUE google is_gigapixel FALSE google is_secured TRUE google partner/id 0000000009caf48a google partner/name Nordiska Museet google picasa_token RW_rwj2dD_6wNE-V-po1vXL5xQo special url_id ygHgZV4EYwrCtQ special partner/name_no_lang Nordiska Museet PD-old-100-1923 1912 Paintings by Strindberg Google Art Project works by August Strindberg Google Art Project works in Nordiska Museet | ||||
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