Description: These are original prints from the Art Institute of Chicago featuring a special winter exhibition on December 19, 1931. The catalog includes 33 photos made from negatives made during exhibit which displayed 44 paintings. The Bulletin is included also which includes a description of the "Bonader" or Peasant Wall Hangings of Sweden that were were featured in the exhibition. The photo plates measure 8 inches in height and 10 inches in length, and are in their original state without any modifications. Two are stamped and labeled on the reverse side with the identification of the original negative numbers. Another are stamped with the a place to identify the negatives but are not written on. An additional 19 remain blank on the reverse side. These "bonader" decorated the walls and ceilings of peasant homes on festal occasions. "The painters, though unsophisticated, were real artists, possessed of unusual imagination, equipped with an amazing knowledge of the Scriptures, and endowed with sufficient ingenuity to clothe religious compositions with the dress of their patrons and to use contemporary Scandinavian surroundings for settings..." The catalogue can be viewed at the Art Institute of Chicago website. Color illustration are available there of the 44 paintings shown in the exhibit. ****The items available here are original black and white prints made from the original negatives. There is no original "Bonader" art included****
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Publication Year: 1931
Language: English
Book Title: Special Winter Exhibition Art Institute of Chicago, December 1931
Era: 1930s
Item Height: 8 in
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Item Length: 10 in
Topic: Exhibitions
Modified Item: No
Vintage: Yes
