by Karen Nyenhuis | May 19, 2024 | A Miniature Carl Larsson Christmas, Art of Scandinavia
Tiled stoves were invented in in the mid-eighteenth century in Sweden. My mother painted the white tiled stove herself. The green tiled stove is hallmarked “NF.” The American Swedish Institute has marvelous examples of Swedish tiled stoves in the Turnblad...
by Karen Nyenhuis | May 19, 2024 | A Miniature Carl Larsson Christmas, Art of Scandinavia
The rosemaled chairs are signed by Cindy Malone. Rosemaling actually originated in Norway, but by this time the art form had spread to Sweden. I did not originally know the provenance of the corner cabinet, but realized my mother had mounted the cabinet upside down....
by Karen Nyenhuis | May 19, 2024 | A Miniature Carl Larsson Christmas, Art of Scandinavia
Decorating the tree. Norwegian and Swedish flags are a nod to our family’s dual heritage. My father descends from the seventeenth century Swedish knight Johan Palmström. There is a family legend that his son was banished to Norway due to a rumored affair with...
by Karen Nyenhuis | May 19, 2024 | A Miniature Carl Larsson Christmas, Art of Scandinavia
Kitchen with tiled stove and Carl’s wife Karin. The trestle table is signed “Cindy Malone.” The trim motif in the window can be found in Carl’s paintings, “Karin is Reading, 1904” and “Version of the Painting on the...
by Karen Nyenhuis | May 19, 2024 | A Miniature Carl Larsson Christmas, Art of Scandinavia
Carl’s children playing. An interpretation of the Carl Larsson house, made by my mother and previously on display at the American Swedish Institute in...
