David Wallin
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David August Wallin (born January 7, 1876 in Östra Husby
parish in Östergötland County
, Sweden
, died June 27, 1957 in Stockholm
, Sweden
) 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”.
In 1905 he married 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).
parish, a locality on Vikbolandet
, which had been in the family since the 17th century. His parents were 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 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 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 the teacher of freehand drawing at the Technical School.
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 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 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 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).
, 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 the parents of seven children, five daughters and two sons, born in 1906 to 1924.
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
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 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 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” 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 silvergrey colors which are outlined against dimmed masses of leaves. The avenue Champs-Élysées was located right next to the Palais de l’Élysee (Élysée Palace
) and the presidential palace
, with its rounded gate, and the Grand Palais, 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.
, 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 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 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 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 the period 1908-1913, with only brief visits to his native country and to Spain.
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 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 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 is a small town 45 km southwest of Florence.
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 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 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 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 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 Stein’s were important collectors and supporters of Henri Mattisse’s painting
s.
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”, 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
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 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
.
After his return to Sweden in the autumn 1913 Wallin occupied himself with proposals for the décor of the wedding room at the Stockholm Court House
(Swedish: Stockholms Rådhus) – a Frieze
of Life
, now in the Lund University
’s Archive
s 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 a big number of artists of the time. The fight for the decortation 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 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 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 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 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 en emotional world of his own which focuses with special intensity on the mother-child theme. We have to go back 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 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 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 was an ardent admirer of Ernst Josephson
.
Two altarpieces and a self-portrait
Two altarpiece
s 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 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 Stockholm
) in 1926. Göteborgs Konsthall
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
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, 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 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, shows the artist’s typically philosophing presentation of 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 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 a Gold Medal at the 1932 Olympic Games
in Los Angeles in California in the United States of America. “Father at Ninety” (1929) represents a rare departure from these themes.
, 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 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
, among other places.
Art competitions at the Olympic Games
were part of 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.
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 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 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.
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
, 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), 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), 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 the actor and prominent opera singer John Forsell
.
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.
Östra Husby
Östra Husby is a locality situated in Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 774 inhabitants in 2005. It lies 20 kilometers east of Norrköping and 16 kilometers northeast of Söderköping, Sweden. There are a few shops in the town and one school...
parish in Östergötland County
Östergötland County
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, Sweden
Sweden
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, died June 27, 1957 in Stockholm
Stockholm
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, Sweden
Sweden
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) was a Swedish artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
. In 1932 he won an Olympic Gold Medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games
Olympic Games
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in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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for his oil painting “At the Seaside of Arild”.
Background
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 the artist Elin Wallin
Elin Wallin
Elin Kristina Wallin, born on December 29, 1884 in Gothenburg, died March 25, 1969 in Stockholm, was a Swedish artist and drawer. She was the wife of the Swedish artist David Wallin .Elin Wallin grew up in Ekersgatan 13 in Örebro...
, born Lundberg (1884–1969). He was the brother of the Swedish-American artist Carl E. Wallin
Carl E. Wallin
Carl Efraim Wallin was a Swedish-American artist and painting contractor. He was born in Östra Husby parish in the province of Östergötland, Sweden and died in Chicago, Illinois, United States.-Background:Carl E...
(1879–1968), and he was the father of the Swedish artist Bianca Wallin
Bianca Wallin
Bianca Wallin was a Swedish artist.-Biography:Bianca Wallin grew up in Stockholm, Sweden. She was the daughter of the Swedish artist David Wallin and his wife Elin Wallin , Stockholm...
(1909–2006) and the artist Sigurd Wallin
Sigurd Wallin
David Sigurd Wallin, born June 10, 1916 in Nora rural parish in Örebro County in Sweden, he grew up in Stockholm, dead May 8, 1999 in Stockholm in Sweden, was a Swedish artist....
(1916–1999).
Childhood and Early Years
David Wallin grew up on a farm, Varby, in Östra HusbyÖstra Husby
Östra Husby is a locality situated in Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 774 inhabitants in 2005. It lies 20 kilometers east of Norrköping and 16 kilometers northeast of Söderköping, Sweden. There are a few shops in the town and one school...
parish, a locality on Vikbolandet
Vikbolandet
Vikbolandet is a large peninsula east of Norrköping city in Östergötland, Sweden. The area is limited by Bråviken to the north, Slätbaken to the south and the Baltic sea to the east. The biggest population center is Östra Husby with a population of 788, followed by Ljunga and Arkösund on the...
, which had been in the family since the 17th century. His parents were 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 a career as an artist, his first artistic experience was an altarpiece
Altarpiece
An altarpiece is a picture or relief representing a religious subject and suspended in a frame behind the altar of a church. The altarpiece is often made up of two or more separate panels created using a technique known as panel painting. It is then called a diptych, triptych or polyptych for two,...
by the artist Pehr Hörberg
Pehr Hörberg
Pehr Hörberg was born January 31, 1746 in Virestad parish in Småland, Sweden and died January 24, 1816 in Risinge in Östergötland, Sweden, was a Swedish artist, painter and musician...
in Östra Husby
Östra Husby
Östra Husby is a locality situated in Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 774 inhabitants in 2005. It lies 20 kilometers east of Norrköping and 16 kilometers northeast of Söderköping, Sweden. There are a few shops in the town and one school...
church. He worked as a store clerk and as a painter’s apprentice in Norrköping
Norrköping
Norrköping is a city in the province of Östergötland in eastern Sweden and the seat of Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County. The city has a population of 87,247 inhabitants in 2010, out of a municipal total of 130,050, making it Sweden's tenth largest city and eighth largest...
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
Carl Grabow
Carl Wilhelm Louis Grabow was a German entomologist especially interested in Coleoptera and Lepidoptera....
, a Swedish decorative painter of theatrical décor. Carl Grabow had established 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 the teacher of freehand drawing at the Technical School.
Royal Academy of Arts in Stockholm 1898-1904
In 1898 Wallin was admitted at the Royal Swedish Academy of ArtsRoyal Swedish Academy of Arts
The Royal Swedish Academy of Arts or Kungl. Akademien för de fria konsterna, founded in 1773 by King Gustav III, is one of the Royal Academies in Sweden...
in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, where his fellow students included Karl Isakson, Ivar Arosenius
Ivar Arosenius
Ivar Axel Henrik Arosenius , was a Swedish painter and author of picture books. In the latter capacity he is most noted for the book Kattresan , which was published after his death. He lived in the village of Älvängen, north of Gothenburg...
and John Bauer. His teacher was among others Georg von Rosen
Georg von Rosen
Georg von Rosen , was a Swedish painter, known for his treatment of subjects from Swedish history and Norse mythology...
. In 1903-1904 he studied briefly at the École des Beaux-Arts
École des Beaux-Arts
École des Beaux-Arts refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The most famous is the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, now located on the left bank in Paris, across the Seine from the Louvre, in the 6th arrondissement. The school has a history spanning more than 350 years,...
and Académie Colarossi
Académie Colarossi
The Académie Colarossi is an art school founded by the Italian sculptor Filippo Colarossi. First located on the Île de la Cité, it moved in the 1870s to 10 rue de la Grande-Chaumière in the VIe arrondissement of Paris, France....
in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, where his teacher was the Norwegian naturalist painter, illustrator, author and journalist Christian Krohg
Christian Krohg
Christian Krohg , was a Norwegian naturalist painter, illustrator, author and journalist.-Life and career:...
.
In 1902 Wallin received the Academy
Academy
An academy is an institution of higher learning, research, or honorary membership.The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 385 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and skill, north of Athens, Greece. In the western world academia is the...
’s Ducal Prize
Prize
A prize is an award to be given to a person or a group of people to recognise and reward actions or achievements. Official prizes often involve monetary rewards as well as the fame that comes with them...
for his oil painting "Kraka" and in 1904 he was awarded the Royal Medal
Royal Medal
The Royal Medal, also known as The Queen's Medal, is a silver-gilt medal awarded each year by the Royal Society, two for "the most important contributions to the advancement of natural knowledge" and one for "distinguished contributions in the applied sciences" made within the Commonwealth of...
for Portrait Painting
Portrait painting
Portrait painting is a genre in painting, where the intent is to depict the visual appearance of the subject. Beside human beings, animals, pets and even inanimate objects can be chosen as the subject for a portrait...
. "Kraka" is a Norse mythology
Norse mythology
Norse mythology, a subset of Germanic mythology, is the overall term for the myths, legends and beliefs about supernatural beings of Norse pagans. It flourished prior to the Christianization of Scandinavia, during the Early Middle Ages, and passed into Nordic folklore, with some aspects surviving...
oil painting, of a little girl called Aslög
Aslaug
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.-The Legendary Aslaug:...
or also called "Kraka" or "Kraka meets Ragnar Lodbrok
Ragnar Lodbrok
Ragnar Lodbrok was a Norse legendary hero from the Viking Age who was thoroughly reshaped in Old Norse poetry and legendary sagas.-Life as recorded in the sagas:...
" (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 was a Norse princess. She caught the attention of the old king Ragnar Lodbrok
Ragnar Lodbrok
Ragnar Lodbrok was a Norse legendary hero from the Viking Age who was thoroughly reshaped in Old Norse poetry and legendary sagas.-Life as recorded in the sagas:...
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 the Norse mythology
Norse mythology
Norse mythology, a subset of Germanic mythology, is the overall term for the myths, legends and beliefs about supernatural beings of Norse pagans. It flourished prior to the Christianization of Scandinavia, during the Early Middle Ages, and passed into Nordic folklore, with some aspects surviving...
. Kraka is also known as the legendary Aslög (Aslaug
Aslaug
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.-The Legendary Aslaug:...
) in the Norse mythology
Norse mythology
Norse mythology, a subset of Germanic mythology, is the overall term for the myths, legends and beliefs about supernatural beings of Norse pagans. It flourished prior to the Christianization of Scandinavia, during the Early Middle Ages, and passed into Nordic folklore, with some aspects surviving...
. She is the daughter of Sigurd
Sigurd
Sigurd is a legendary hero of Norse mythology, as well as the central character in the Völsunga saga. The earliest extant representations for his legend come in pictorial form from seven runestones in Sweden and most notably the Ramsund carving Sigurd (Old Norse: Sigurðr) is a legendary hero of...
and Brynhild Fafnesbane, wife of Ragnar Lodbrok
Ragnar Lodbrok
Ragnar Lodbrok was a Norse legendary hero from the Viking Age who was thoroughly reshaped in Old Norse poetry and legendary sagas.-Life as recorded in the sagas:...
. Aslaug
Aslaug
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.-The Legendary 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
Ragnar Lodbrok
Ragnar Lodbrok was a Norse legendary hero from the Viking Age who was thoroughly reshaped in Old Norse poetry and legendary sagas.-Life as recorded in the sagas:...
. Some other Swedish painters, who had earlier painted "Kraka", are Mårten Eskil Winge
Mårten Eskil Winge
Mårten Eskil Winge was a Swedish artist especially known for his Norse mythology paintings. He was a friend of August Malmström and under influence from Nils Blommér and Carl Wahlbom.-References:* Från vår konstverld...
(1825–1896) and August Malmström
August Malmström
Johan August Malmström was a Swedish painter and professor at the Swedish Academy of Arts from 1867 to 1894 and the manager of the same institution from 1887 to 1893. Attracted by gothicismus he collected motives from Norse mythology. He is also appreciated for his country motives with children...
(1829–1901).
Engagement and marriage in 1905
David Wallin was engaged in springtime 1905 and in September the same year he married his fellow artist Elin WallinElin Wallin
Elin Kristina Wallin, born on December 29, 1884 in Gothenburg, died March 25, 1969 in Stockholm, was a Swedish artist and drawer. She was the wife of the Swedish artist David Wallin .Elin Wallin grew up in Ekersgatan 13 in Örebro...
, 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
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
and London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
during the years 1905-1906. The couple eventually became the parents of seven children, five daughters and two sons, born in 1906 to 1924.
Artistical influences
Among Wallin’s favorites in ParisParis
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
were Jean-François Millet, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes and Gustave Moreau. Jean-François Millet
Jean-François Millet
Jean-François Millet was a French painter and one of the founders of the Barbizon school in rural France...
was a French painter
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
and one of the founders of the Barbizon school
Barbizon school
The Barbizon school of painters were part of a movement towards realism in art, which arose in the context of the dominant Romantic Movement of the time. The Barbizon school was active roughly from 1830 through 1870...
in rural France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. Millet is noted for his scenes of peasant
Peasant
A peasant is an agricultural worker who generally tend to be poor and homeless-Etymology:The word is derived from 15th century French païsant meaning one from the pays, or countryside, ultimately from the Latin pagus, or outlying administrative district.- Position in society :Peasants typically...
farmers, he can be categorized as part of the naturalism and realism
Realism
Realism, Realist or Realistic are terms that describe any manifestation of philosophical realism, the belief that reality exists independently of observers, whether in philosophy itself or in the applied arts and sciences. In this broad sense it is frequently contrasted with Idealism.Realism in the...
movements. Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes 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.-Life:...
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
Gustave Moreau
Gustave Moreau was a French Symbolist painter whose main emphasis was the illustration of biblical and mythological figures. As a painter of literary ideas, Moreau appealed to the imaginations of some Symbolist writers and artists.- Biography :Moreau was born in Paris. His father, Louis Jean Marie...
was a French Symbolist painter, a late nineteenth-century art movement
Art movement
An art movement is a tendency or style in art with a specific common philosophy or goal, followed by a group of artists during a restricted period of time, or, at least, with the heyday of the movement defined within a number of years...
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 the era. He was a professor at the École des Beaux-Arts
École des Beaux-Arts
École des Beaux-Arts refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The most famous is the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, now located on the left bank in Paris, across the Seine from the Louvre, in the 6th arrondissement. The school has a history spanning more than 350 years,...
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
Édouard Manet
Édouard Manet was a French painter. One of the first 19th-century artists to approach modern-life subjects, he was a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism....
, Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste Renoir was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. As a celebrator of beauty, and especially feminine sensuality, it has been said that "Renoir is the final representative of a tradition which runs directly from Rubens to...
, and other impressionists artists painting in the style of impressionism
Impressionism
Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement that originated with a group of Paris-based artists whose independent exhibitions brought them to prominence during the 1870s and 1880s...
, an association of Paris-based artists.
In London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
Wallin studied the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was a group of English painters, poets, and critics, founded in 1848 by William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais and Dante Gabriel Rossetti...
(also known as the Pre-Raphaelites) and other groups, including James McNeill Whistler
James McNeill Whistler
James Abbott McNeill Whistler was an American-born, British-based artist. Averse to sentimentality and moral allusion in painting, he was a leading proponent of the credo "art for art's sake". His famous signature for his paintings was in the shape of a stylized butterfly possessing a long stinger...
, who was an American-born, British-based artist. In London there were major collections of Pre-Raphaelite work in the Tate Gallery (Tate Modern
Tate Modern
Tate Modern is a modern art gallery located in London, England. It is Britain's national gallery of international modern art and forms part of the Tate group . It is the most-visited modern art gallery in the world, with around 4.7 million visitors per year...
or simply Tate
Tate
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) and Victoria and Albert Museum
Victoria and Albert Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum , set in the Brompton district of The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, England, is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects...
. 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” was shown at “Le Salon”, Salon (Paris), at the Grand Palais
Grand Palais
This article contains material abridged and translated from the French and Spanish Wikipedia.The Grand Palais des Champs-Elysées, commonly known as the Grand Palais , is a large historic site, exhibition hall and museum complex located at the Champs-Élysées in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France...
des Champs-Elysées
Champs-Élysées
The Avenue des Champs-Élysées is a prestigious avenue in Paris, France. With its cinemas, cafés, luxury specialty shops and clipped horse-chestnut trees, the Avenue des Champs-Élysées is one of the most famous streets and one of the most expensive strip of real estate in the world. The name is...
on Avenue Alexandre III in Paris. This portrait was a portrait with a sitting model in silvergrey colors which are outlined against dimmed masses of leaves. The avenue Champs-Élysées was located right next to the Palais de l’Élysee (Élysée Palace
Élysée Palace
The Élysée Palace is the official residence of the President of the French Republic, containing his office, and is where the Council of Ministers meets. It is located near the Champs-Élysées in Paris....
) and the presidential palace
Palace
A palace is a grand residence, especially a royal residence or the home of a head of state or some other high-ranking dignitary, such as a bishop or archbishop. The word itself is derived from the Latin name Palātium, for Palatine Hill, one of the seven hills in Rome. In many parts of Europe, the...
, with its rounded gate, and the Grand Palais, 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.
Early subjects, early important portraits and other motifs
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 the Migratory Birds”. The big painting reveals the influence of the French painter Jean-François MilletJean-François Millet
Jean-François Millet was a French painter and one of the founders of the Barbizon school in rural France...
, but is clearly inspired by real life.
A number of chiaroscuro
Chiaroscuro
Chiaroscuro in art is "an Italian term which literally means 'light-dark'. In paintings the description refers to clear tonal contrasts which are often used to suggest the volume and modelling of the subjects depicted"....
portraits (an artistic technique) testify to his infatuation with Rembrandt during his student days at the Academy. Chiaroscuro
Chiaroscuro
Chiaroscuro in art is "an Italian term which literally means 'light-dark'. In paintings the description refers to clear tonal contrasts which are often used to suggest the volume and modelling of the subjects depicted"....
is Italian for “light-dark” in art and is characterized by strong contrasts between light and dark, usually bold contrasts affecting 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
Chiaroscuro
Chiaroscuro in art is "an Italian term which literally means 'light-dark'. In paintings the description refers to clear tonal contrasts which are often used to suggest the volume and modelling of the subjects depicted"....
originated during the Renaissance
Renaissance
The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
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 the term, clair-obscur, was introduced in the seventeenth century. In photography, chiaroscuro
Chiaroscuro
Chiaroscuro in art is "an Italian term which literally means 'light-dark'. In paintings the description refers to clear tonal contrasts which are often used to suggest the volume and modelling of the subjects depicted"....
is often effected with the use of “Rembrandt lighting
Rembrandt lighting
Rembrandt lighting is a lighting technique that is sometimes used in studio portrait photography. It can be achieved using one light and a reflector, or two lights, and is popular because it is capable of producing images which appear both natural and compelling with a minimum of equipment...
”.
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 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
Scholarship
A scholarship is an award of financial aid for a student to further education. Scholarships are awarded on various criteria usually reflecting the values and purposes of the donor or founder of the award.-Types:...
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 the period 1908-1913, with only brief visits to his native country and to Spain.
Italy 1908-1910
In Italy, Wallin was based in RomeRome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
and Florence
Florence
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
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
Renaissance
The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
painting. His own compositional ideas often consist of vague sketches with one or more figures in 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
Ragnar Östberg
Ragnar Östberg was a Swedish architect who is most famous for designing Stockholm City Hall. He is the most famous architect within the so-called "national romanticist" movement in Sweden...
, 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 a shimmering young womanhood which is reproduced in richly nuanced, scented colors.
Wallin spent two summers at the Scandinavian Artists’ colony (or Art colony
Art colony
right|300px|thumb|Artist houses in [[Montsalvat]] near [[Melbourne, Australia]].An art colony or artists' colony is a place where creative practitioners live and interact with one another. Artists are often invited or selected through a formal process, for a residency from a few weeks to over a year...
) at Volterra
Volterra
Volterra, known to the ancient Etruscans as Velathri, to the Romans as Volaterrae, is a town and comune in the Tuscany region of Italy.-History:...
in Tuscany
Tuscany
Tuscany is a region in Italy. It has an area of about 23,000 square kilometres and a population of about 3.75 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence ....
, 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 is a small town 45 km southwest of Florence.
Paris 1910-1913
In 1910 the family moved to ParisParis
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
at Rue de l’Abbé Grégoire, a street in 6th arrondissement in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, where they were friends with, among others, the circle surrounding Erik Tryggelin
Erik Tryggelin
Erik Viktor Tryggelin, born June 25, 1878, in Stockholm, died August 9, 1962, in Stockholm, was a Swedish artist, drawer and photographer.-Biography:...
(1878–1962), a Swedish painter and photographer, and Gottfrid Larsson
Gottfrid Larsson
Gottfrid Larsson , born November 21, 1875 in Vallerstad in Östergötland, Sweden, died December 24, 1947 in Stockholm, Sweden, was a Swedish sculptor.-Biography:...
(1875–1947), a Swedish sculptor. Both of them also studied in Paris with scholarship. In springtime in 1912 Wallin and his wife Elin were 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
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, where he visited André Lhote and Kees van Dongen. André Lhote
André Lhote
André Lhote was a French sculptor and painter of figure subjects, portraits, landscapes and still life. He was also very active and influential as a teacher and writer on art....
, (1885–1962) was a French sculptor and painter of figure subjects, portraits, landscapes and still life. André Lhote 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
Kees van Dongen
Cornelis Theodorus Maria van Dongen , usually known as Kees van Dongen or just Van Dongen, was a Dutch painter and one of the Fauves. He gained a reputation for his sensuous, at times garish, portraits....
(1877–1968), usually known as just Van Dongen, was a Dutch painter and one of the Fauves. Fauvism
Fauvism
Fauvism is the style of les Fauves , a short-lived and loose group of early twentieth-century Modern artists whose works emphasized painterly qualities and strong colour over the representational or realistic values retained by Impressionism...
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
Painterly
Painterliness is a translation of the German term , a word popularized by Swiss art historian Heinrich Wölfflin in order to help focus, enrich and standardize the terms being used by art historians of his time to characterize works of art...
qualities and strong colour over the representational
Representation (arts)
Representation is the use of signs that stand in for and take the place of something else. It is through representation that people organize the world and reality through the act of naming its elements...
or realistic
Realism (arts)
Realism in the visual arts and literature refers to the general attempt to depict subjects "in accordance with secular, empirical rules", as they are considered to exist in third person objective reality, without embellishment or interpretation...
values retained by Impressionism
Impressionism
Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement that originated with a group of Paris-based artists whose independent exhibitions brought them to prominence during the 1870s and 1880s...
. While Fauvism as a style began around 1900 and continued beyond 1910, the movement
Art movement
An art movement is a tendency or style in art with a specific common philosophy or goal, followed by a group of artists during a restricted period of time, or, at least, with the heyday of the movement defined within a number of years...
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
Gertrude Stein
Gertrude Stein was an American writer, poet and art collector who spent most of her life in France.-Early life:...
’s modern art gallery in Paris. Much of Gertrude Stein's fame derives from a private modern art gallery she assembled, from 1904 to 1913 when she lived in Paris, with her brother Leo Stein
Leo Stein
Leo Stein was an American art collector and critic. He was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, the older brother of Gertrude Stein. He became an influential promoter of 20th-century paintings. Beginning in 1892, he studied at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for two years. The...
, an art critic. The Stein’s were important collectors and supporters of Henri Mattisse’s painting
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
s.
Wallin also studied modern works in the Edmond Auguste Pellerin’s
Auguste Pellerin
Auguste Pellerin was a french entrepeneur and art collector. He was one of the most important collectors of the works of Édouard Manet and Paul Cézanne at the beginning of the 20th century....
collection of Paul Cézanne
Paul Cézanne
Paul Cézanne was a French artist and Post-Impressionist painter whose work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th century conception of artistic endeavour to a new and radically different world of art in the 20th century. Cézanne can be said to form the bridge between late 19th...
’s painting collection and at exhibitions. Wallin exhibited several compositions at “Le Salon (Paris)” in addition to “Portrait of Elin”, “Au Soleil”, 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
Art exhibition
Art exhibitions are traditionally the space in which art objects meet an audience. The exhibit is universally understood to be for some temporary period unless, as is rarely true, it is stated to be a "permanent exhibition". In American English, they may be called "exhibit", "exposition" or...
of the Académie des Beaux-Arts
Académie des beaux-arts
The Académie des Beaux-Arts is a French learned society. It is one of the five academies of the Institut de France.It was created in 1795 as the merger of the:* Académie de peinture et de sculpture...
in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
. “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
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes 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.-Life:...
was a French painter
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
, 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
Eugène Carrière
Eugène Anatole Carrière was a French Symbolist artist of the Fin de siècle period. His work is best known for its brown monochrome palette. He was a close friend of the sculptor Rodin and his work influenced Picasso...
was a French symbolist artist of the Fin de siècle
Fin de siècle
Fin de siècle is French for "end of the century". The term sometimes encompasses both the closing and onset of an era, as it was felt to be a period of degeneration, but at the same time a period of hope for a new beginning...
period. Carrière was one of the leaders in the secessionist movement, which led to the founding of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. “Resting Negro” was detect the influence of Paul Gauguin
Paul Gauguin
Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin was a leading French Post-Impressionist artist. He was an important figure in the Symbolist movement as a painter, sculptor, print-maker, ceramist, and writer...
’s “The Spirit of the Dead Awakens”. Wallin had copied details taken from Paul Cézanne
Paul Cézanne
Paul Cézanne was a French artist and Post-Impressionist painter whose work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th century conception of artistic endeavour to a new and radically different world of art in the 20th century. Cézanne can be said to form the bridge between late 19th...
and Paul Gauguin
Paul Gauguin
Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin was a leading French Post-Impressionist artist. He was an important figure in the Symbolist movement as a painter, sculptor, print-maker, ceramist, and writer...
.
Back in Sweden 1913
The décor of the wedding room at the Stockholm Court HouseAfter his return to Sweden in the autumn 1913 Wallin occupied himself with proposals for the décor of the wedding room at the Stockholm Court House
Stockholm Court House
Stockholm Court House is situated on Kungsholmen in Central Stockholm, Sweden. The building was constructed between 1909 and 1915. The architecture is influenced by the Castles of the Vasa era and it bears a resemblance to Vadstena Castle...
(Swedish: Stockholms Rådhus) – a Frieze
Frieze
thumb|267px|Frieze of the [[Tower of the Winds]], AthensIn architecture the frieze is the wide central section part of an entablature and may be plain in the Ionic or Doric order, or decorated with bas-reliefs. Even when neither columns nor pilasters are expressed, on an astylar wall it lies upon...
of Life
Life
Life is a characteristic that distinguishes objects that have signaling and self-sustaining processes from those that do not, either because such functions have ceased , or else because they lack such functions and are classified as inanimate...
, now in the Lund University
Lund University
Lund University , located in the city of Lund in the province of Scania, Sweden, is one of northern Europe's most prestigious universities and one of Scandinavia's largest institutions for education and research, frequently ranked among the world's top 100 universities...
’s Archive
Archive
An archive is a collection of historical records, or the physical place they are located. Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or organization's lifetime, and are kept to show the function of an organization...
s for the Decorative Arts in Lund
Lund
-Main sights:During the 12th and 13th centuries, when the town was the seat of the archbishop, many churches and monasteries were built. At its peak, Lund had 27 churches, but most of them were demolished as result of the Reformation in 1536. Several medieval buildings remain, including Lund...
in Sweden (also known as Museum of Sketches for Public Art
Museum of Sketches for Public Art
The Museum of Sketches of Public Art is an art museum at Lund University in Sweden, dedicated to the collection and display of cartoons and sketches for contemporary monumental and public art, such as frescos, sculpture and reliefs...
). Stockholm Court House is situated on Kungsholmen
Kungsholmen
Kungsholmen is an island in Lake Mälaren in Sweden, part of Stockholm City. It is situated north of Riddarfjärden and considered part of the historical province Uppland....
in Central Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, 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 a big number of artists of the time. The fight for the decortation of the wedding room in the new Stockholm Court House
Stockholm Court House
Stockholm Court House is situated on Kungsholmen in Central Stockholm, Sweden. The building was constructed between 1909 and 1915. The architecture is influenced by the Castles of the Vasa era and it bears a resemblance to Vadstena Castle...
became one of the most dramatic in the Swedish history of monumental
Monumental
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art. Proposals for the wedding room also came from for instance the artists Isaac Grünewald
Isaac Grünewald
Isaac Grünewald was a Swedish-Jewish expressionist painter born in Stockholm. He was the leading and central name in the first generation of Swedish modernists from 1910 up until his death in 1946, in other words during almost his entire career spanning four decades...
and Georg Pauli
Georg Pauli
Georg Vilhelm Pauli was a Swedish painter.Pauli was born in Jönköping. He studied at the Royal Academy of Arts in Stockholm in 1871-75 and 1878-79, and studied and worked in France and Italy for several years during the 1870s and 1880s. He studied naturalist in- and outdoor painting, influenced...
. 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 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 the format 168 x 129 cm the artist shows something of his best nude painting. In 1999 the painting was donated to Moderna museet
Moderna Museet
Moderna museet, the Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm, Sweden, is a state museum located on the island of Skeppsholmen in central Stockholm, that was first opened in 1958. Its first manager was Pontus Hultén...
in Stockholm (the Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm).
In 1914 David Wallin participated in the Baltic
Baltic region
The terms Baltic region, Baltic Rim countries, and Baltic Rim refer to slightly different combinations of countries in the general area surrounding the Baltic Sea.- Etymology :...
exhibition
Exhibition
An exhibition, in the most general sense, is an organized presentation and display of a selection of items. In practice, exhibitions usually occur within museums, galleries and exhibition halls, and World's Fairs...
(Baltiska utställningen), which was an arts and crafts exhibition held in Malmö
Malmö
Malmö , in the southernmost province of Scania, is the third most populous city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg.Malmö is the seat of Malmö Municipality and the capital of Skåne County...
in the castle Malmöhus
Malmöhus
Malmöhus is a neighbourhood of Malmö, situated in the Borough of Centrum, Malmö Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden....
(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 the exhibition. The Swedish architect Ferdinand Boberg
Ferdinand Boberg
Ferdinand Boberg, born 11 April 1860 in Falun, died 7 May 1946 in Stockholm, was a Swedish architect.He was one of the most productive and prominent architects of Stockholm around the turn of the 20th century. Among his most famous work is an electrical plant at Björns Trädgård in Stockholm, that...
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 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 en emotional world of his own which focuses with special intensity on the mother-child theme. We have to go back 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 the equivalent of Wallin’s moving studies of children. The spiritual
Spirituality
Spirituality can refer to an ultimate or an alleged immaterial reality; an inner path enabling a person to discover the essence of his/her being; or the “deepest values and meanings by which people live.” Spiritual practices, including meditation, prayer and contemplation, are intended to develop...
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 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
Linköping
Linköping is a city in southern middle Sweden, with 104 232 inhabitants in 2010. It is the seat of Linköping Municipality with 146 736 inhabitants and the capital of Östergötland County...
(Östergötland County
Östergötland County
Östergötland County is a county or län in southeastern Sweden. It borders the counties of Kalmar to the southeast, Jönköping to the southwest, Västra Götaland to the west, Örebro to the northwest, Södermanland to the northeast, and the Baltic Sea to the east.Östergötland County has a population of...
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 was an ardent admirer of Ernst Josephson
Ernst Josephson
Ernst Josephson was a Swedish painter from a prominent Jewish family, whose main work was done on portraits and paintings of folk life....
.
Two altarpieces and a self-portrait
Two altarpiece
Altarpiece
An altarpiece is a picture or relief representing a religious subject and suspended in a frame behind the altar of a church. The altarpiece is often made up of two or more separate panels created using a technique known as panel painting. It is then called a diptych, triptych or polyptych for two,...
s from this period, 1919 and 1920, are in the churches in Valdemarsvik
Valdemarsvik
Valdemarsvik is a locality, situated along side the bay of Valdemarsviken which connects to the Baltic Sea. It is the seat of Valdemarsvik Municipality which is located in Östergötland County, Sweden...
and Bureå
Bureå
Bureå is a locality situated in Skellefteå Municipality, Västerbotten County, Sweden with 2,345 inhabitants in 2005. The famous Bure kinship is associated with the locality....
. The altarpiece in Valdemarsvik
Valdemarsvik
Valdemarsvik is a locality, situated along side the bay of Valdemarsviken which connects to the Baltic Sea. It is the seat of Valdemarsvik Municipality which is located in Östergötland County, Sweden...
church, in Östergötland
Östergötland
Östergötland, English exonym: East Gothland, is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden in the south of Sweden. It borders Småland, Västergötland, Närke, Södermanland, and the Baltic Sea. In older English literature, one might also encounter the Latinized version, Ostrogothia...
, represents "Christ and the Sinking Peter" (1919). The other altarpiece, in Bureå
Bureå
Bureå is a locality situated in Skellefteå Municipality, Västerbotten County, Sweden with 2,345 inhabitants in 2005. The famous Bure kinship is associated with the locality....
church, in Västerbotten
Västerbotten
', English exonym: West Bothnia, is a province or landskap in the north of Sweden. It borders Ångermanland, Lapland, Norrbotten and the Gulf of Bothnia. It is famous for the cheese with the same name as the province.- Administration :...
, represents "Jesus Blessing the Children" (1919–1920). An important self-portrait 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
Norrköping
Norrköping is a city in the province of Östergötland in eastern Sweden and the seat of Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County. The city has a population of 87,247 inhabitants in 2010, out of a municipal total of 130,050, making it Sweden's tenth largest city and eighth largest...
in Östergötland
Östergötland
Östergötland, English exonym: East Gothland, is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden in the south of Sweden. It borders Småland, Västergötland, Närke, Södermanland, and the Baltic Sea. In older English literature, one might also encounter the Latinized version, Ostrogothia...
(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.
The 1920s and 1930s
In 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 exhibitied 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 ArtsRoyal Swedish Academy of Arts
The Royal Swedish Academy of Arts or Kungl. Akademien för de fria konsterna, founded in 1773 by King Gustav III, is one of the Royal Academies in Sweden...
in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
) in 1926. Göteborgs Konsthall
Göteborgs Konsthall
Göteborgs Konsthall is a center for contemporary art in Gothenburg , Sweden, showing both Swedish and international art. It is placed in a classicistic building from 1923 at Götaplatsen in the center of the city...
was built as an art exhibition hall for the Jubilee Fair of Gothenburg in 1923, Gothenburg Exhibition (1923). Göteborgs Konsthall
Göteborgs Konsthall
Göteborgs Konsthall is a center for contemporary art in Gothenburg , Sweden, showing both Swedish and international art. It is placed in a classicistic building from 1923 at Götaplatsen in the center of the city...
later became a part of Gothenburg Museum of Art
Gothenburg Museum of Art
The Göteborg Museum of Art at Götaplatsen, Gothenburg, is renowned for its collection of Nordic art from around the close of the 19th century. A must see is the lavishly decorated Fürstenberg Gallery, named after a leading Gothenburg art donor, Pontus Fürstenberg and his wife Göthilda. Among the...
. 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
Göteborgs Konsthall
Göteborgs Konsthall is a center for contemporary art in Gothenburg , Sweden, showing both Swedish and international art. It is placed in a classicistic building from 1923 at Götaplatsen in the center of the city...
was the Jubilee Exhibition of Nordic
Nordic countries
The Nordic countries make up a region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic which consists of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden and their associated territories, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland...
contemporary art. The exhibition which took place between May 8 and October 15, 1923, was a muster of the Nordic breakthrough generation of modernism
Modernism
Modernism, in its broadest definition, is modern thought, character, or practice. More specifically, the term describes the modernist movement, its set of cultural tendencies and array of associated cultural movements, originally arising from wide-scale and far-reaching changes to Western society...
.
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, 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
Linköping
Linköping is a city in southern middle Sweden, with 104 232 inhabitants in 2010. It is the seat of Linköping Municipality with 146 736 inhabitants and the capital of Östergötland County...
(Östergötland County
Östergötland County
Östergötland County is a county or län in southeastern Sweden. It borders the counties of Kalmar to the southeast, Jönköping to the southwest, Västra Götaland to the west, Örebro to the northwest, Södermanland to the northeast, and the Baltic Sea to the east.Östergötland County has a population of...
Museum), and 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, shows the artist’s typically philosophing presentation of 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
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
art museum in Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
, Museum of Fine Arts (Budapest)
Museum of Fine Arts (Budapest)
The Museum of Fine Arts is a museum in Heroes' Square, Budapest, Hungary, facing the Palace of Art.It was built by the plans of Albert Schickedanz and Fülöp Herzog in an eclectic-neoclassical style, between 1900 and 1906. The museum's collection is made up of international art , including all...
(in Hungarian: Szépművészeti Múzeum).
In 1926 the paintings “Arilds fishing village” (“Arilds läge”) and “Memories of youth” were purchased by Nationalmuseum in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
(National Museum of Fine Arts in Sweden).
During 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 a Gold Medal at the 1932 Olympic Games
1932 Summer Olympics
The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, was a major world wide multi-athletic event which was celebrated in 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. No other cities made a bid to host these Olympics. Held during the worldwide Great Depression, many nations...
in Los Angeles in California in the United States of America. “Father at Ninety” (1929) represents a rare departure from these themes.
Olympic Gold Medal in Los Angeles in 1932
David Wallin won the Olympic Gold Medal in painting in Los AngelesLos Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, in the 1932 Summer Olympics
1932 Summer Olympics
The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, was a major world wide multi-athletic event which was celebrated in 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. No other cities made a bid to host these Olympics. Held during the worldwide Great Depression, many nations...
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
Architecture
Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...
, literature
Literature
Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...
, music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
, painting
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
and sculpture
Sculpture
Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...
) for works inspired by sport-related themes. David Wallin won an Olympic Gold Medal in the Art competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics
Art competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics
Art competitions were held as part of the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. Medals were awarded in five categories , for works inspired by sport-related themes....
in painting of the Olympic Games
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
for his oil painting “At the Seaside of Arild”. The Gold Medal
Gold Medal
Gold Medal is the sixth studio album by the American hard rock band The Donnas, released in 2004 on Atlantic Records. It was one of the first albums released in the DualDisc format, but was recalled due to a mastering error which resulted in the final track being partially omitted from the CD...
was won in competition with names like Isaac Grünewald
Isaac Grünewald
Isaac Grünewald was a Swedish-Jewish expressionist painter born in Stockholm. He was the leading and central name in the first generation of Swedish modernists from 1910 up until his death in 1946, in other words during almost his entire career spanning four decades...
and Bruno Liljefors
Bruno Liljefors
Bruno Andreas Liljefors was a Swedish artist, the most important and probably the most influential wildlife painter of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century...
. After the success with the Olympic Gold Medal Wallin was invited over to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
to do a tour with a touring exhibition. He visited New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, among other places.
Art competitions at the Olympic Games
Art competitions at the Olympic Games
Art competitions formed part of the modern Olympic Games during its early years, from 1912 to 1952. The competitions were part of the original intention of the Olympic Movement's founder, Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin...
were part of 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
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 the same time, he also devoted himself to pure landscape painting such as the pictures of Arild at the foot of KullabergKullaberg
Kullaberg is a nature reserve situated on a peninsula of land protruding into the Kattegat in Höganäs Municipality near the town of Mölle in southwest Sweden. The site in the province of Skåne is an area of considerable biodiversity supporting a number of rare species and has been designated as an...
in Scania
Scania
Scania is the southernmost of the 25 traditional non-administrative provinces of Sweden, constituting a peninsula on the southern tip of the Scandinavian peninsula, and some adjacent islands. The modern administrative subdivision Skåne County is almost, but not totally, congruent with the...
. Arild
Arild
Arild is a locality situated in Höganäs Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 537 inhabitants in 2005. It is located in the bay of Skälderviken in northwestern Scania, approximately 30 km north of Helsingborg in Sweden....
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
Gustaf Cederström
Gustaf Olof Cederström was a Swedish painter, most known for his painting Karl XII:s likfärd .He was born and raised in Stockholm...
, Fritz von Dardel, Olof Krumlinde, Isaac Grünewald
Isaac Grünewald
Isaac Grünewald was a Swedish-Jewish expressionist painter born in Stockholm. He was the leading and central name in the first generation of Swedish modernists from 1910 up until his death in 1946, in other words during almost his entire career spanning four decades...
, Nathanael Beskow, Richard Bergh
Richard Bergh
Sven Richard Bergh was a well-known Swedish painter from Stockholm, Sweden. His paintings often depicted Swedish landscapes and portraits...
and Herman Österlund and more Skagen Painters
Skagen Painters
The Skagen Painters were a group of Scandinavian artists who gathered in the area of Skagen, the northernmost part of Denmark, from the late 1870s until the turn of the century...
, who gathered at Mother Cilla inn. In Kullaberg
Kullaberg
Kullaberg is a nature reserve situated on a peninsula of land protruding into the Kattegat in Höganäs Municipality near the town of Mölle in southwest Sweden. The site in the province of Skåne is an area of considerable biodiversity supporting a number of rare species and has been designated as an...
they were able to take advantage of the particularly strong summer light, reminiscent of that of Skagen
Skagen
Skagen is a projection of land and a town, with a population of 8,515 , in Region Nordjylland on the northernmost tip of Vendsyssel-Thy, a part of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark...
. Wallin also made pure landscape painting with pictures of Omberg (Omberg, a mountain in western Östergötland along Vättern’s eastern shore), Scania (Scania
Scania
Scania is the southernmost of the 25 traditional non-administrative provinces of Sweden, constituting a peninsula on the southern tip of the Scandinavian peninsula, and some adjacent islands. The modern administrative subdivision Skåne County is almost, but not totally, congruent with the...
in the southernmost of Sweden), Bohuslän (Bohuslän
Bohuslän
' is a Swedish traditional province, or landskap, situated in Götaland on the northernmost part of the country's west coast. It is bordered by Dalsland to the northeast, Västergötland to the southeast, the Skagerrak arm of the North Sea to the west, and the county of Østfold in Norway to the north...
on the west coast of Sweden), Västmanlands bergslag (the western Västmanland
Västmanland
' is a historical Swedish province, or landskap, in middle Sweden. It borders Södermanland, Närke, Värmland, Dalarna and Uppland.The name comes from "West men", referring to the people west of Uppland, the core province of early Sweden.- Administration :...
traditionally belonged to the mining district of Bergslagen
Bergslagen
Bergslagen is a historically, culturally, and linguistically distinct mining district located north of Lake Mälaren in northern Svealand, Sweden. In Bergslagen mining and metallurgic industry have been important since the Middle Ages...
), Norrland (Norrland
Norrland
Norrland is one of the three lands of Sweden , the northern part, consisting of nine provinces. The term Norrland is not used for any administrative purpose, but it is common in everyday language, e.g...
in the Northland of Sweden) and Norwegian
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
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.
Portrait Painting
David Wallin’s portrait gallery contains 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
Erik Axel Karlfeldt
Erik Axel Karlfeldt was a Swedish poet whose highly symbolist poetry masquerading as regionalism was popular and won him the Nobel Prize in Literature posthumously in 1931. It has been rumored that he had been offered, but declined, the award already in 1919.Karlfeldt was born into a farmer's...
(1904), the university president and architect Viktor Adler (1907), the founder of the telephone company Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson Lars Magnus Ericsson and wife
Lars Magnus Ericsson
Lars Magnus Ericsson was a Swedish inventor, entrepreneur and founder of telephone equipment manufacturer Ericsson ....
, 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
Royal Swedish Academy of Arts
The Royal Swedish Academy of Arts or Kungl. Akademien för de fria konsterna, founded in 1773 by King Gustav III, is one of the Royal Academies in Sweden...
in Stockholm Count Georg von Rosen
Georg von Rosen
Georg von Rosen , was a Swedish painter, known for his treatment of subjects from Swedish history and Norse mythology...
(1908), depicting meditating in front of a painting.
Among the most famous portraits in oil of prominent Swedes later on are Mrs Waldenström (1914), 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
Henrik Schück
Henrik Schück was a Swedish literary historian, university professor and author.-Biography:Johan Henrik Emil Schück was a professor at the Lund University 1890-98. He was a professor at at Uppsala University 1898-1920 and later Rector 1905-1918. He was a member of the Swedish Academy 1913-1947,...
(1923), the Swedish sculptor Carl Milles
Carl Milles
Carl Milles was a Swedish sculptor, best known for his fountains. He was married to artist Olga Milles and brother to Ruth Milles and half brother to the architect Evert 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), the professor, philosopher and jurist Axel Hägerström
Axel Hägerström
Axel Anders Theodor Hägerström was a Swedish philosopher and jurist.Born in Vireda, Jönköping County Sweden, he was the son of a Church of Sweden pastor. As student at Uppsala University, he gave up theology for a career in philosophy...
(1929), the doctor and Nobel Laureate Gustaf Dalén
Gustaf Dalén
Nils Gustaf Dalén was a Swedish Nobel Laureate and industrialist, the founder of the AGA company and inventor of the AGA cooker and the Dalén light...
(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
Christian Günther
Christian Ernst Günther was Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs in the National Unity Government that was formed as a consequence of the Soviet attack on Finland in November, 1939, and would remain in function until World War II had ended in 1945.Günther, whose father had been Swedish diplomat,...
(1939) and the actor and prominent opera singer John Forsell
John Forsell
John Forsell, born Carl Johan Jacob Forsell, , was a prominent Swedish baritone, opera administrator and teacher of voice. He was the leading baritone of the Royal Swedish Opera from 1896–1918, and thereafter sang roles periodically with the company until his last stage performance in 1938. From...
.
Decidedly Romantic, Member of the Intermediate Generation
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 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.Exhibitions and Memberships
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 was a member of Swedish Artists’ Association, The Artists’ Club in Stockholm and Union Internationale des Beaux-Arts et des Lettres in Paris.Represented
In addition to the BudapestBudapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
Museum in Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
, Museum of Fine Arts (Budapest)
Museum of Fine Arts (Budapest)
The Museum of Fine Arts is a museum in Heroes' Square, Budapest, Hungary, facing the Palace of Art.It was built by the plans of Albert Schickedanz and Fülöp Herzog in an eclectic-neoclassical style, between 1900 and 1906. The museum's collection is made up of international art , including all...
, and the Archives for Decorative Art (The Museum of Sketches) in Lund
Lund
-Main sights:During the 12th and 13th centuries, when the town was the seat of the archbishop, many churches and monasteries were built. At its peak, Lund had 27 churches, but most of them were demolished as result of the Reformation in 1536. Several medieval buildings remain, including Lund...
in the south of Sweden mentioned above, Wallin is also represented in
- Nationalmuseum, StockholmStockholmStockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
(National Museum of Art in Stockholm) - Nordiska museet (Nordic MuseumNordic MuseumThe Nordic Museum is a museum located on Djurgården, an island in central Stockholm, Sweden, dedicated to the cultural history and ethnography of Sweden from the Early Modern age until the contemporary period...
), Stockholm - The Collection of H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of SwedenCarl XVI Gustaf of SwedenCarl XVI Gustaf is the reigning King of Sweden since 15 September 1973, succeeding his grandfather King Gustaf VI Adolf because his father had predeceased him...
, Stockholm, Stockholm - Stockholms Stadshus (Stockholm City HallStockholm City HallStockholm City Hall is the building of the Municipal Council for the City of Stockholm in Sweden. It stands on the eastern tip of Kungsholmen island, next to Riddarfjärden's northern shore and facing the islands of Riddarholmen and Södermalm. It houses offices and conference rooms as well as...
), Stockholm - Kungl. Musikaliska Akademien, Stockholm (Royal Swedish Academy of MusicRoyal Swedish Academy of MusicThe Royal Swedish Academy of Music or Kungl. Musikaliska Akademien, founded in 1771 by King Gustav III, is one of the Royal Academies in Sweden...
) - Konstnärsklubben, Stockholm (The Artists’ Club, Stockholm)
- Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde, Stockholm (Prince Eugen’s WaldemarsuddeWaldemarsuddePrins Eugens Waldemarsudde , the scenic former home of the Swedish Prince Eugen, is a museum located on Djurgården in central Stockholm. The name is derived from a historical name of the island Djurgården, Valmundsö The painter prince discovered the place in 1892, when he rented a house there for...
). - MillesgårdenMillesgårdenMillesgården is an art museum and sculpture garden, located on the island of Lidingö in Stockholm, Sweden. It is located on the grounds of the home of sculptor Carl Milles and his wife, artist Olga Milles, who are both buried there....
, LidingöLidingöLidingö is an island in the inner Stockholm archipelago, located north east of central Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. It is also the seat of Lidingö Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 44,000 inhabitants in 2011....
, StockholmStockholmStockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area... - Norrköpings konstmuseum (The Art Museum of NorrköpingNorrköpingNorrköping is a city in the province of Östergötland in eastern Sweden and the seat of Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County. The city has a population of 87,247 inhabitants in 2010, out of a municipal total of 130,050, making it Sweden's tenth largest city and eighth largest...
) - Malmö konstmuseum (The Art Museum of MalmöMalmöMalmö , in the southernmost province of Scania, is the third most populous city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg.Malmö is the seat of Malmö Municipality and the capital of Skåne County...
) - Konstmuseet Östersund (Art Museum, ÖstersundÖstersundÖstersund is an urban area in Jämtland in the middle of Sweden. It is the seat of Östersund Municipality and the capital of Jämtland County. Östersund is located at the shores of Sweden's fifth largest lake, Storsjön, opposite the island Frösön, and is the only city in Jämtland. Östersund is the...
) - Östergötlands länsmuseum in LinköpingLinköpingLinköping is a city in southern middle Sweden, with 104 232 inhabitants in 2010. It is the seat of Linköping Municipality with 146 736 inhabitants and the capital of Östergötland County...
(Östergötland County Museum), http://www.ostergotlandslansmuseum.se/eng.html - Konstmuseet in Motala (The Art Museum of Motala) (Charlottenborgs slott)
- Uppsala Universitets konstsamling in Uppsala (The art collection of Uppsala UniversityUppsala UniversityUppsala University is a research university in Uppsala, Sweden, and is the oldest university in Scandinavia, founded in 1477. It consistently ranks among the best universities in Northern Europe in international rankings and is generally considered one of the most prestigious institutions of...
, UppsalaUppsala- Economy :Today Uppsala is well established in medical research and recognized for its leading position in biotechnology.*Abbott Medical Optics *GE Healthcare*Pfizer *Phadia, an offshoot of Pharmacia*Fresenius*Q-Med...
) (Stockholms nationStockholms nationStockholms nation is a student society and one of thirteen nations at Uppsala University. The nation has its origins in the mid-17th century and regards 1649 as its official date of foundation, although this is uncertain...
) (The portrait of Henrik Schück) - The museum at ToursToursTours is a city in central France, the capital of the Indre-et-Loire department.It is located on the lower reaches of the river Loire, between Orléans and the Atlantic coast. Touraine, the region around Tours, is known for its wines, the alleged perfection of its local spoken French, and for the...
, FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
In his youth, Wallin sometimes signed his name as Valin, Walin, or Vallin.
Sources
- Svenskt Konstnärslexikon, Who’s Who in Swedish Art, Volume 5, page 577-579, Allhems Förlag AB, Malmö, 1967, author Viggo Loos (1895–1974), a Swedish newspaper editor, art publicist and Doctor of Philosophy in Art History.
- David Wallin in the art dictionary Konstnärslexikonett Amanda, http://www.lexikonettamanda.se/show.php?aod=15260.
- David Wallin in Bra Böckers Lexikon, Bokförlaget Bra Böcker AB, Höganäs, 1982, Volume 24, page 156. (A picture of the portrait of Gustaf Dalén by David Wallin in Volume 5, page 147.)
- Olympic Games Art Competition 1932
- Wallinska släktarkivet, Kungl. Biblioteket, Humlegården, Stockholm, ACC2008_024, Ediffah. Accessionsnummer ACC2008_024.
- Wallinska släktarkivet, tillägg (fotografier), Kungl. Biblioteket, Stockholm, ACC2008_137, Ediffah. Accessionsnummer ACC2008_137.
- David Wallins papper rörande hans konstnärliga verksamhet, Kungl. Biblioteket, Humlegården, Stockholm, ACC2008_138, Ediffah. Accessionsnummer ACC2008_138.
- David Wallin in Nordiska museets arkiv, Beståndsregister, med placering i Garnisonen. Arkivbildare, arkiv 5900, D. Wallin (of) D. Wallins gåva ACC NR 1932/087. Nordiska museet lagt in på pdf-fil 2011-02-17. David Wallin finns på sid 70 av 468 sidor. D. Wallins gåva, accessionsnummer ACC NR 1932/087.
- David Wallin in Nordisk Familjebok, Uggleupplagan, 38, Supplement. (1926), page 1164, http://runeberg.org/nfcr/0628.html, author Georg Nordensvan (1855–1932), a Swedish art historian writer, art critic and publicist.
- David Wallin in Vem är det, Svensk biografisk handbok, 1933, page 884-885, http://runeberg.org/vemardet/1933/0884.html.
- David Wallin in Vem är det, Svensk biografisk handbok, 1943, page 870, http://runeberg.org/vemardet/1943/0870.html.
- David Wallin in Vem är vem?, Stockholmsdelen, 1945, page 925, http://runeberg.org/vemarvem/sthlm45/0941.html
- David Wallin in Salmonsens konversationsleksikon, Anden Udgave, Bind XXIV, page 461 (1915–1930), http://runeberg.org/salmonsen/2/24/0471.html.
Other links
- Lokalhistoria, Öden, David Wallin, by Anders Karlin, Norrköpings stadsmuseum, January 2003, http://edu.linkoping.se/.
- David Wallin 1876-1957, Kulturarv Östergötland, Personer, Levnadsöden, Östergötlands länsmuseum, Anders Karlin, Norrköpings stadsmuseum, January 2003. http://www.kulturarvostergotland.se/Article.aspx?m=332518&a=335708.
- Ahlströms Myntauktioner No. 64, Rådmansgatan 21, Stockholm, Auction November 24, 2001 (Gold Medal, Olympic Games, Los Angeles, 1932).
- ”Guld i måleri”, Aftonbladet, Kultur, June 19, 2002.
- Gunnar Hagberg and Magnus Höjer, ”Från Pelle till Pillan – Östgötarna i OS”, ”Guldmålaren från Vikbolandet”, article from Östergötlands Idrottsförbund, September 2002.
- Håkan Sandblad, radio journalist, Gothenburg, Article in SOF Bulletin Nr 2, 2009, about the art in the Olympic Games ”Only Coubertin wanted to have art in the Olympic Games. “The Swedes received four extra medals”.
External links
- David Wallin in Artnet, http://www.artnet.de/artist/658008/david-wallin.html
- David Wallin in AskART, http://www.askart.com/askart/artist.aspx?artist=11079245