{"product_id":"osvald-lundgren-varvinter-late-winter-1928","title":"Osvald Lundgren - Vårvinter (Late Winter), 1928","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOsvald Lundgren (1888–1977) \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eSweden\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan role=\"text\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eVårvinter (Late Winter)\u003c\/em\u003e, 1928\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003esigned and dated lower right “O. Lundgren 1928”\u003cbr\u003egouache on paper\u003cbr\u003eunframed 29.5 × 24 cm (11.6 × 9.4 in)\u003cbr\u003eframed 39.5 × 24.5 cm (15.6 × 9.6 in)\u003cbr\u003epresented in a handmade walnut frame by Stockholms Förgyllning \u0026amp; Bildhuggeri.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition report:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe work is in very fine condition and was examined by conservator Lotta Möller in 2026.\u003cbr\u003ePlease contact the gallery for a more detailed condition report.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEssay:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003ePainted in 1928, \u003cem\u003eVårvinter\u003c\/em\u003e belongs to the atmospheric landscape tradition with which Osvald Lundgren was most closely associated. The subject is characteristically Scandinavian: the brief transitional season when snow still covers much of the ground while stronger spring light begins to reveal rock, grass and vegetation beneath it.\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLars Osvald Lundgren was born in Gothenburg in 1888 and trained at Slöjdföreningens skola, where artistic education was closely connected to craftsmanship and design. Lundgren was active not only as a painter but also as a craftsman, designing book covers and working with lettering. This background is relevant to the present work, where close observation of nature is combined with a strong decorative sense.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe composition is carefully organized. Broad grey rock formations occupy the foreground, while sweeping passages of snow lead the eye towards a group of slender birches, a solitary pine and a small wooden building partly hidden in the landscape. The bright blue sky and low pale sun create a sense of clarity, while ochre grass, reddish vegetation and green lichens signal that winter is beginning to loosen its hold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Swedish title \u003cem\u003eVårvinter\u003c\/em\u003e is especially evocative. It describes the late winter period when the landscape still appears wintry, yet sunlight, melting snow and exposed earth clearly announce the coming spring. Lundgren expresses this seasonal change through colour, placing cool whites and blues against warmer tones of ochre, rust and green.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis training in design is also visible in the way the landscape has been simplified into distinct shapes and rhythms. The birches form delicate linear patterns against the sky, while the curved foreground rock and diagonal snowfields guide the eye through the composition. The result is both naturalistic and highly structured.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLundgren’s surviving biographical record is relatively modest, but contemporary sources consistently associate him with atmospheric landscapes from the Swedish west coast and the Stockholm region. \u003cem\u003eVårvinter\u003c\/em\u003e shows how successfully he combined that landscape tradition with a refined sense of decorative order.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CLASSICARTWORKS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54808686657859,"sku":null,"price":57392.0,"currency_code":"SEK","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0115\/6005\/8976\/files\/B0008984-2.jpg?v=1789231017","url":"https:\/\/www.classicartworks.com\/it\/products\/osvald-lundgren-varvinter-late-winter-1928","provider":"CLASSICARTWORKS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}