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fabric to create the impression The Old Castle (1893)
of being in a tent. Tiled stoves and The Cloud (1896).
are everywhere, along with Based on works by
some grandiose artifacts and his contemporaries,
delightful details. In front of the the collection
palace is a large bowl made in represents early
porphyry from Karl XIV Johan’s 20th-century Swedish
own workshops at Älvdalen in art with names such as
central Sweden. Oscar Björck, Carl Fredrik
Close to the palace is Rosendals Hill, Richard Bergh,
Trädgårdar, a biodynamic market Nils Kreuger, Eugène
garden managed by a foundation Jansson, Bruno Liljefors
since 1984. Its aim is not just to and Anders Zorn. Hornsgatan (1902) by Eugène Jansson,
use biodynamic cultivation Prince Eugen was a in Thielska Galleriet
methods but also to run courses, generous patron to the
lectures and exhibitions. Plants next generation – for example, u Thielska Galleriet
are available to buy at the shop, the group known as “The Sjötullsbacken 6–8. Map 7 F4.
and there is a café. Young Ones” – so works by Tel 08-662 58 84. @ 69. Open noon–
younger artists including Isaac 5pm Tue–Sun (to 8pm Thu). 8 by
Grünewald, Einar Jolin, Sigrid appt. & - ∑ thielska-galleriet.se
y Waldemarsudde Hjertén and Leander Engström
are also in the collection. When the magnificent
Prins Eugens Väg 6. Map 6 C4.
Tel 08-545 837 00. v 7. Open Sculptors of the same era are apart ments of the banker
11am–5pm Tue–Sun. 8 & 7 0 well represented, particularly Ernest Thiel (1860–1947) on
- = ∑ waldemarsudde.se Per Hasselberg whose works Strandvägen started to overflow
can be seen in the gallery and with his excellent collection
Prince Eugen’s Waldemar sudde, the park. of contemporary paintings,
which passed into State Along with the architect he commissioned the well-
ownership after his death in Ferdinand Boberg, Prince known architect Ferdinand
1947, is one of Sweden’s most Eugen drew up the sketches Boberg to design a dignified
visited art museums. The prince for the house, completed in villa on Djurgården.
was trained as a military officer 1905. The same architect was However, during World War I
but became a success ful artist called in later to plan the gallery, Thiel lost most of his fortune.
and was one of the leading which was finished in 1913. In 1924, the State bought his
landscape painters of his This now includes parts of collection, mostly covering
generation. He produced the collection of some 2,000 Nordic art from the late 19th
monumental paintings for works, as well as the Prince’s and early 20th centuries, and
Kungliga Operan, Kungliga own paintings. opened Thielska Galleriet in
Dramatiska Teatern and The guest apartments his villa two years later.
Rådhuset. Among his own remain largely unchanged to Thiel was regarded as
works hanging in Waldemars- this day, and the two upper something of a rebel in the
udde, his former home, are floors with the Prince’s studio banking world and he was
three of his most prized at the top are used for particularly fond of works by
paintings: Spring (1891), temporary exhibitions. painters in the Artists’ Union,
which had been formed in 1886
to counter the influence of the
traditionalist Konstakadamien
(see p68).
There are paintings by
all the major Swedish artists
who formed an artists’ colony
at Grèz-sur-Loing, south of
Paris, such as Carl Larsson,
Bruno Liljefors, Karl Nordström
and August Strindberg.
And there are paintings by
Eugène Jansson, Anders
Zorn and Prince Eugen, as
well as wooden figures by
Axel Petersson and sculptures
by Christian Eriksson. Thiel
also acquired works by foreign
artists, not least his good
Prince Eugen’s Waldemarsudde, seen from the water friend Edvard Munch.

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