Year 1913 (1913) Artist John Bauer | Medium oil on canvas Created 1913 | |
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Dimensions 25 cm × 25 cm (9.8 in × 9.8 in) Location Malmö Art Museum, Malmö Media Watercolor painting, Gouache, Pencil, Paper People also search for Among Gnomes and Trolls, The Fairy Princess, Den helige Martin, The Princess and the Trolls | ||
Tuvstarr is still sitting there wistfully looking into the water is a watercolor by John Bauer from 1913.
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History
The painting was published in the fairy tale collectionAmong gnomes and trolls in 1913 as an illustration to the Lord of the bull moose Hop and little princess Tuvstarr by Helge Kjellin. The image fairy princess princess sitting on the shore of a forest pond. She has gone out into the world under the auspices of The bull leaps. He cautions princess than one, than for the other. Out in the woods is the witch took her clothes and her fairies princess. She has released her heart of gold in the pond, and then sits and looks wonderingly into the water.
John Bauer illustrated for several years, the Ahlen & Akerlund Publishing Co. from 1907 every Christmas story collection published Among gnomes and trolls. The model for the princess is possibly John Bauer's wife Ester Ellqvist, who often sat model for his paintings.
Provenance
The painting was purchased by the City of Malmö from 1914. It is held by the Malmö Art Museum.