Water Sprite
Ernst Josephson, 1884
Collection:
Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde, Stockholm
Related Works:
Josephson painted and drew the Water Sprite numerous times
Water Sprite (Näcken), 1882 (Nationalmuseum, Stockholm)
Water Sprite (Näcken), 1884 (Göteborg Art Museum)
Similar Subjects by Other Artists:
Frédéric Bazille, Summer Scene, 1869
Thomas Eakins, The Swimming Hole, 1884-85 (Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth)
Paul Cézanne, Male Bathers, c. 1890 (Musée d’Orsay, Paris)
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Summer, 1891 (Paris City Hall, version in Cleveland Museum of Art)
Max Liebermann, Bathing Boys, 1898
About the Artist
Born: Stockholm, 16 April 1851
Died: Stockholm, 22 November 1906
Nationality: Swedish
Died: Stockholm, 22 November 1906
Nationality: Swedish
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