Mary Cassatt, Portrait of the Artist’s Sister Lydia, ca 1879 - 1880. Photo: Anna Danielsson/Nationalmuseum.
Mary Cassatt, Portrait of the Artist’s Sister Lydia, ca 1879 - 1880. Photo: Anna Danielsson/Nationalmuseum.

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New edition of the Art Bulletin of Nationalmuseum Stockholm

A new edition of the Art Bulletin of Nationalmuseum Stockholmis now available. It is the first part of Volume 28, which contains scientific articles and information about the museum’s acquisitions in 2021. The publication is issued in digital format and is made available free of charge – both to read online and for downloading.

The Art Bulletin of Nationalmuseum Stockholm is a journal devoted to art history. It is published in English twice a year with a content that ranges from older master paintings to contemporary design. The articles are primarily written by the museum’s curators and researchers, but also by international colleagues and specialists. The articles in this issue are written by: Micael Ernstell, François Bouquet, Daniel Prytz, Carl-Johan Olsson, Magnus Olausson, Karin Bechmann Søndergaard, Susanna Pettersson, Carina Rech, Barbro Norbelie, Helena Kåberg and Penny Sparke.

The Art Bulletin of Nationalmuseum is a digital publication published in English, which highlights 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 a contribution to the efforts to promote Open Access and the free dissemination of scholarly and scientific information, it is published in a digital format and made available free of charge to read online and for downloading.

Art Bulletin of Nationalmuseum Volume 28:1

It also uses the DiVA portal (Digital Scientific Archive) at Uppsala University as a publication platform.

The publication has been funded by the Friends of the Nationalmuseum.

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 comprise some 700 000 objects, including 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. Nationalmuseum is a government authority with a mandate to preserve cultural heritage and promote art, interest in art and knowledge of art.

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Welcome to Nationalmuseum Sweden!

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.

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