The Scream is the popular name given to a composition created by Norwegian Expressionist artist Edvard Munch in 1893. The original German title given by Munch to his work was Der Schrei der Natur, and the Norwegian title is Skrik (Shriek). The agonised face in the painting has become one of the most iconic images of art, seen as symbolising the anxiety of the human condition.
Hilma af Klint was a Swedish artist and mystic whose paintings were, to the current art community, the first Western abstract art. A considerable body of her abstract work predates the first purely abstract compositions by Kandinsky. She belonged to a group called "The Five", a circle of women who shared her belief in the importance of trying to make contact with what she called the "High Masters"—often by way of séances. Her paintings, which sometimes resemble diagrams, were a visual representation of complex spiritual ideas.
Karl Gunnar Vougt Pontus Hultén was a Swedish art collector and museum director. Pontus Hultén is regarded as one of the most distinguished museum professionals of the twentieth century. He was the pioneering former head of the Museum for modern art in Stockholm and in the 1970s he was invited to participate in the creation of the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, where he was its first director in 1974–1981.
Sigrid Hjertén, was a Swedish modernist painter. Hjertén is considered a major figure in Swedish modernism. Periodically she was highly productive and participated in 106 exhibitions. She worked as an artist for 30 years before dying of complications from a botched lobotomy for schizophrenia.
Nils Dardel was a 20th-century Swedish Post-Impressionist painter, grandson to famous Swedish painter Fritz von Dardel.
Rolf de Maré, sometimes called Rolf de Mare, was a Swedish art collector and leader of the Ballets Suédois in Paris in 1920–25. In 1931 he founded the world's first research center and museum for dance in Paris.
Fotografiska is a centre for contemporary photography in the Södermalm district of Stockholm, Sweden that opened on 21 May 2010.
Fanny Ingeborg Matilda Brate, née Ekbom (1861-1940) was a Swedish painter. She specialized in genre scenes, featuring families, which are often cited as the inspiration for similar works by Carl Larsson.
Siri Karin Derkert was a Swedish artist and sculptor. She was also a strong advocate for peace, feminism and environmental issues.
Alfred Flechtheim was a German art dealer, art collector, journalist and publisher.
Ivan Lönnberg was a Swedish modernist painter. In style he was close to the Swedish painters of his generation known as "De Unga" which included Isaac Grünewald and Birger Simonsson.
Anna Riwkin-Brick or just Anna Riwkin was a Russian-born Swedish photographer.
Einar Jolin was a Swedish painter best known for his decorative and slightly naïve Expressionist style. After studying at Konstfack, Stockholm in 1906 and at the Konstnärsförbundet målarskola, Jolin and his friend Isaac Grünewald went to Paris for further studies at Henri Matisse's academy from 1908 to 1914.
Claes Söderquist is a Swedish artist and filmmaker. Söderquist filmed on Alcatraz in 1970 during the Occupation of Alcatraz by Indians of All Tribes.
Portrait of Venny Soldan-Brofeldt is an oil painting by Hanna Pauli from 1887.
Johan Zacharias Blackstadius was a Swedish painter, graphic artist and art teacher at what is now the Konstfack in Stockholm. He also restored medieval paintings at several churches. His work consists primarily of historical scenes and folklore motifs.
Per Leander Engström, sometimes denoted as The Elder was a Swedish painter. He specialized in portraits and colorful wilderness scenes in the Expressionist style.
Josef Wilhelm Wallander was a Swedish painter, graphic artist and art professor who specialized in rural genre scenes.
Nina Viveka Maria Lagergren was a Swedish businesswoman and the half-sister of Raoul Wallenberg, and the leading force to find out what happened to him after his disappearance. She was the founder of the Raoul Wallenberg Academy. She also presented Sommar i P1 in 2014 on Swedish Radio. She was the mother-in-law of Kofi Annan.
Johan Per Södermark was a Swedish military officer, painter and lithographer.
Earlier version, 1918
Funeral in Senlis, 1913
