Görel Cavalli-Björkman, 2017 Photo: Stefan Tell
Görel Cavalli-Björkman on Sigrid Hjertén
Lecture
9.9 2021
Malmö
In connection with the exhibition The Man with the Blue Face, Görel Cavalli-Björkman, former curator and head of research at the National Museum, lectures on Sigrid Hjertén based on her biography, Kvinna i avantgardet [Woman of the avantgarde], which was published by Bonnier’s publishing house in 2017.
In 1909, Sigrid Hjertén traveled to Paris to study with Henri Matisse. She was trained as a textile artist but her stay in Paris changed her life. There she met her future husband Isaac Grünewald and she was impressed by the modern art forms that emerged there, mainly through Matisse’s and Cézanne’s paintings. She became one of the Swedish avantgarde’s front figures and she was both praised and criticized for her expressive color painting.
PLEASE NOTE! THE EVENT IS SOLD OUT!
Date: 9 September
Time: 6 pm
Location: New Gallery
Language: In Swedish
Book at at assistent.malmo@modernamuseet.se. Please note that the amount of seats is limited.