Anna Casparsson

The Isle of Bliss

25.4 – 16.8 2026

Stockholm

Grand palm trees and weeping birches, castle towers adorned with pearls, princes and princesses. For the first time since 1960, Anna Casparsson’s art is shown in a solo exhibition at Moderna Museet.

With small stitches, Anna Casparsson embroidered magnificent motifs inspired by classic fairy tales, biblical stories and musical works. Landscape scenes became textile paintings and folding screens alongside her free compositions on grand piano covers, bags and tablecloths.

Anna Casparsson (1861–1961) was an artist, pianist and translator. Her work is characterised by opulence, attention to detail and a joy for storytelling, and developed in her home in Saltsjöbaden outside Stockholm – an important meeting place for cultural figures in the first half of the 20th century. Despite her strong presence in an artistic and intellectual environment, Casparsson has remained relatively overlooked in Swedish art history.

Curator: Asrin Haidari