id:			159504
accession number:	1996.274
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1996.274
updated:		2023-08-23 23:36:45.741000

The Sunlight, 1890s. Ture Nikolaus Cederström (Swedish, 1843–1924). Oil on fabric; unframed: 47 x 33.5 cm (18 1/2 x 13 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Frances W. Ingalls Trust 1996.274

title:				The Sunlight
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creation date:			1890s
creation date earliest:		1890
creation date latest:		1899
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creditline:			Gift of the Frances W. Ingalls Trust
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culture:	Sweden, 19th century
technique:	oil on fabric
department:	Modern European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Ture Nikolaus Cederström (Swedish, 1843–1924)  - artist
A cousin of the painter Gustaf Olaf Cederström (1845-1933), Ture Nikolaus also served as an officer of the Swedish Royal Guard (1868-71). He studied from 1868 to 1869 in Paris with Swedish genre and portrait painter Hugo Fredrik Salmson (1844-1894) and continued his training with history painter Albert Baur (1835-1906) in Düsseldorf. After finishing his military service, Cederström studied in Weimar from 1872 until 1875. In 1877 he moved to Munich, where he remained for the rest of his life. Influenced by history painter Karl Theodor von Piloty (1826-1886) and, in particular, genre painter Eduard von Grützner (1846-1878), Cederström painted genre scenes, most of which concerned the life of monks and priests. During his lifetime he received various honors and decorations.
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measurements: Unframed: 47 x 33.5 cm (18 1/2 x 13 3/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Signed lower left in light-brown/umber: Th: Cederström / München

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Stories From Storage
	opening date:   2021-02-07T05:00:00
	<i>Stories From Storage</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (12/19/04-4/3/05); Milwaukee, WI: Milwaukee Art Museum (5/19-9/5/05); Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art (10/16/05-1/8/06): "The Arts &amp; Crafts Movement in Europe and America: Design for the Modern World"

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PROVENANCE

	Frances W. Ingalls, Cleveland. Given to the CMA in 1996.
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fun fact:
Before becoming an artist, Ture Nikolaus Cederström was a cavalry officer.

digital description:
Monastic life was a popular subject among painters working in Munich, where Ture Nikolaus Cederström spent much of his career. The monk seen here is immersed in thought, looking pensively through a window and using his finger to hold his place in a book. Such paintings were popular for the access they provided to private life within monasteries, which were closed to the public. The monk’s casual pose and absorption in the view provide an approachable vision of religion, showing the figure’s longing for the outside world.

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Argencourt, Louise d', and Roger Diederen. <em>Catalogue of Paintings</em>. <em>Pt. 4. European Paintings of the 19th Century</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 119-120, Vol. I, no. 45
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