Carl Johansson - Evening Light over a Mountain Lake, 1936
Regular price 31 660 krCarl Johansson (1863-1944) Sweden
Evening Light over a Mountain Lake, 1936
oil paint on masonite
signed and dated
unframed: 25.5 x 38.5 cm (10 x 15 1/8 in)
framed: 36.5 x 50 cm (14 3/8 x 19 5/8 in)
Essay:
This luminous landscape, painted in 1936, captures the quiet majesty of northern Sweden in the golden light of evening. The view likely depicts the area near Åre in Jämtland, where forested ridges meet the deep blue waters of a fjäll lake. The sun, low on the horizon, casts a path of flickering light across the surface, anchoring the composition with a sense of stillness and vastness. The palette – vibrant blues, purples, and soft touches of rose – evokes the high-altitude clarity and Nordic summer light that fascinated many Swedish painters of the early 20th century.
Carl Johansson was one of Sweden’s foremost landscape painters. He studied at the Royal Academy in Stockholm and spent formative years in Paris and Italy before returning to Sweden, where he became a master of the northern landscape. His works are admired for their brilliant light, confident brushwork, and atmospheric depth. While rooted in a naturalistic tradition, Johansson's mature style often pushed toward a lyrical impressionism, capturing not just the topography but the feeling of place.
This painting is a striking example of his late-period work, combining the structural clarity of his earlier compositions with a rich, expressive handling of color and light. For collectors interested in Nordic modernism and the Scandinavian landscape tradition, Johansson offers a compelling bridge between academic painting and the freer language of early modernism.
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