Online talk
Tuesday, 10 March, 7–8 pm GMT
From the late 19th century to the early decades of the 20th century, artists in Sweden and Finland responded to changing ideas around modernity, identity and everyday life. Working across realism, symbolism and emerging modernist approaches, they helped shape new artistic languages at a moment of cultural and social transformation.
In this talk, we explore artists such as Anders Zorn, Carl Larsson, Gösta Adrian Nilsson, alongside Finnish artists including Helene Schjerfbeck, Akseli Gallen-Kallela and Ellen Thesleff. Their work is placed within a broader Nordic and European context.
The talk offers an accessible introduction to key artists, movements and ideas that shaped Swedish and Finnish art at the turn of the twentieth century.
About the lecturer
Christina Cadogan is an art historian, advisor and specialist in Nordic art, with an MPhil in the History of Art from the University of Cambridge. She has over six years’ experience at Bonhams Auctioneers in London, where she specialised in European drawings and watercolours, and has advised collectors, curated exhibitions and led specialist art tours. Christina has also worked for the Swedish Embassy in London promoting Swedish art and design in the UK.