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New edition of the Art Bulletin of Nationalmuseum Stockholm

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New edition of the Art Bulletin of Nationalmuseum Stockholm

A new edition of the Art Bulletin of Nationalmuseum Stockholm is now available. This time, it is a special double issue with scientific articles and information about the museum’s acquisitions over the course of 2017 and 2018. The publication is published in digital format, and is made available free of charge – both to read online and for downloading.

The contents of the new double issue of the Art Bulletin of Nationalmuseum Stockholm reflects primarily the extensive acquisition activities at the museum during the years 2017 and 2018. The first part contains a number of in-depth reports on the most significant acquisitions, in the form of scholarly articles. The subjects provide a clear picture of where the emphasis has been on the acquisitions: old masters of the 17th century, realism and other nineteenth century art, and contemporary design. Even though the articles are written primarily by the museum’s art historians, texts by international colleagues and specialists have also been included. Caterina Volpi from Sapienza University of Rome has thoroughly considered two newly found drawings on wood by Salvator Rosa in the museum’s collections, and the 2018 Tessin Lecture by Gail Feigenbaum of the Getty Research Institute is also reproduced in an article. The second part of the bulletin consists of an account of all over one thousand purchases and gifts received in 2017 and 2018, often with brief comments, plus some other interesting titbits.

Article authors: Micael Ernstell, Fredrik Eriksson, Gail Feigenbaum, Carina Fryklund, Linda Hinners, Eva-Lena Karlsson, Helena Kåberg, Wolfgang Nittnaus, Magnus Olausson, Martin Olin, Carl-Johan Olsson, Daniel Prytz, Eva Qviberg, Cilla Robach, Anders Svensson and Caterina Volpi.

The Art Bulletin of Nationalmuseum Stockholm is a digital publication published annual in English, which highlighting significant new acquisitions and presents articles on the history and theory of art related to Nationalmuseum's collections. The authors work primarily at Nationalmuseum. As contribution to the efforts to promote Open Access and free dissemination of scholarly and scientific information, it has been published in a digital format since 2014 and made available free of charge to read online and for downloading, either in its entirety or as individual articles.
https://www.nationalmuseum.se/en/art-bulletin-of-nationalmuseum-volumes-24-25

The Art Bulletin of Nationalmuseum Stockholm uses the DiVA portal (Digital Scientific Archive) at Uppsala University as a publication platform: http://nationalmuseum.diva-portal.org

For further information
Hanna Tottmar, Head of Press, press@nationalmuseum.se, +46 (0)8-5195 4400

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Nationalmuseum is Sweden’s museum of art and design. The collections include paintings, sculpture, drawings and graphic art from the 16th century up to the beginning of the 20th century and the collection of applied art and design up to the present day. The museum building closed for renovation in 2013 and reopened in autumn 2018. During 2019 the museum had almost 850 000 visits.

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Nationalmuseum is Sweden’s museum of art and design. The collections include paintings, sculpture, drawings and graphic art from the 16th century up to the beginning of the 20th century and the collection of applied art and design up to the present day. The total amount of objects is around 700,000. .

The emphasis of the collection of paintings is on Swedish 18th and 19th century painting. Dutch painting from the 17th century is also well represented, and the French 18th century collection is regarded as one of the best in the world. The works are made by artists such as Rembrandt, Rubens, Goya, Boucher, Watteau, Renoir and Degas as well as Swedish artists such as Anders Zorn, Carl Larsson, Ernst Josephson and Carl Fredrik Hill.

The collection of applied art and design consists of objects such as ceramics, textiles, glass and precious and non-precious metals as well as furniture and books etc. The collection of prints and drawings comprises works by Rembrandt, Watteau, Manet, Sergel, Carl Larsson, Carl Fredrik Hill and Ernst Josephson. Central are the 2,000 master drawings that Carl Gustaf Tessin acquired during his tour of duty as Sweden's ambassador to France in the 18th century.

Art and objects from Nationalmuseum’s collections can also be seen at several royal palaces such as Gripsholm, Drottningholm, Strömsholm, Rosersberg and Ulriksdal as well as in the Swedish Institute in Paris. The museum administers the Swedish National Portrait Gallery at Gripsholm Castle, the world’s oldest national portrait gallery and the Gustavsberg collection with approximately 45,000 objects manufactured at the Gustavsberg Porcelain Factory. Nationalmuseum also curates exhibitions at Nationalmuseum Jamtli and the Gustavsberg Porcelain Museum.

Nationalmuseum is a government authority with a mandate to preserve cultural heritage and promote art, interest in art and knowledge of art and that falls within the remit of the Swedish Ministry of Culture.