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David Cronholm
David Cronholm Forest Interior Charcoal Drawing 1910 Swedish Symbolism

1910

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About the Item

This charcoal drawing from 1910 is an unusually powerful example of David Cronholm’s ability to transform a forest motif into something at once precise, immersive and deeply atmospheric. A great spruce dominates the composition, its trunk rising from a dark and broken forest floor while long, drooping branches spread across the sheet in an almost enclosing web. The image is built without anecdote or scenic distraction. Instead, Cronholm concentrates the entire drama of the work into the physical presence of the tree itself and the shadowed interior of the woodland around it. What makes the drawing so compelling is the extraordinary control of tone. The trunk is modelled with such patience that the bark seems almost tactile, while the roots, stones and furrowed ground beneath it are rendered with a density that gives the lower half of the sheet genuine weight. At the same time, the branches dissolve into a softer and more elusive network of shadow, moss and hanging growth, producing a sense of silence that feels nearly otherworldly. This tension between exact observation and mysterious atmosphere is the key to the work. The drawing is rooted in nature, yet it evokes something more inward and imaginative, almost as if the forest were being seen not only with the eye, but through memory and mood. Cronholm was born in Dalsland in 1877 and belonged to that distinct generation of Swedish artists who remained close to landscape as both subject and emotional terrain. He studied at Valand under Carl Wilhelmson, and the present drawing belongs convincingly to the mature early phase that followed this training. Published biographical accounts describe him not only as a painter and draughtsman, but also as an engineer. That dual identity feels especially relevant here. The work has the structural clarity of someone accustomed to exactitude, yet it never becomes dry or merely descriptive. On the contrary, it is precisely the balance between discipline and feeling that gives the drawing its authority. The drawing is signed D. Strid rather than Cronholm, he often used this form, in reference to his father Per Strid-Cronholm. An official church survey from Dalsland records an earlier altarpiece in Brålanda church painted by “D Strid,” which shows that the name was used by Cronholm in a public and serious artistic context. signed and dated lower right D Strid 1910 charcoal on paper paper 65.5 × 46.5 cm (25.8 × 18.3 in) framed 76 × 57 cm (29.9 × 22.4 in) Provenance: A Swedish private collection.
  • Creator:
    David Cronholm (1877 - 1968, Swedish)
  • Creation Year:
    1910
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 29.93 in (76 cm)Width: 22.45 in (57 cm)
  • Medium:
    Charcoal,Laid Paper
  • Movement & Style:
    Symbolist
  • Period:
    1910-1919
  • Condition:
    very good condition, age related patina.
  • Gallery Location:
    Stockholm, SE
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1445218036402

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