Primus Mortimer Pettersson - The White CastlePrimus Mortimer Pettersson (1895 1975) Sweden The White Castle oil on board signed PMP unframed: 18. 5 x 21. 5 cm (7 1 4 x 8 1 2 in) framed: 28. 5 x 32 cm (11 1 4 x 12 5 8 in) Essay: This small yet striking painting by Primus Mortimer Pettersson (18. 5 x 21. 5 cm) encapsulates the essence of his artistic visionan imagined world where reality and dream blur into one. The castle, glowing in deep blues, warm ochres, and bright whites, appears both

Unlike some contemporaries who pursued public fame

reflecting the colors of the sky

Peder Mønsted (Mönsted) (1859-1941) Danish

rustic Cornflower

while small clouds grace the horizon

His most tremendous success as an artist was in connection with the Paris World's Fair (Exposition Universelle) in 1878

an influential artist community near Lake Racken outside Arvika

ordered his brother’s imprisonment in the Tower of London and had him assassinated

He had already spent time in France and possibly also England when he was hired by his father’s former teacher Rubens to help with a prestigious commission with mythological paintings

and many more across Sweden and beyond

Critics praised the work’s emotive realism

5 x 50 cm)