When I was sixteen and decided to try my hand at the precarious profession of an artist, despite all the warnings, I hadn't given much thought to what kind of education was required. My understanding of the problems of art was very vague.
Sven Joann started early. When he was 17, his father wrote to Carl Wilhelmson, who welcomed Sven to his painting school. Alongside Wilhelmson, several other artists left their mark on Sven Joann's artistry, notably Wilhelm Smith. This more agile brush influenced Joann, who increasingly dedicated himself to what someone has called a "lyrical, nature-inspired realism." At Växjö Auktionskammare, we are now presented with twelve finely tuned canvases where the gentle landscape motifs are accompanied by two still lifes, one of which features tulips in a generous color palette.
