/The Canon: Perspectives on Swedish Art Historiography/
Amalia Lindegren is one of the so-called Düsseldorf painters. Although she is largely unknown today, a century and a half ago Lindegren was one of the best-known artists in Sweden. Lindegren had been mainly regarded as a promising portraitist, but in Paris she latched onto an international trend by branching out into genre painting. Jumping Jack is an example of an entertaining genre motif that viewers could warmly nod in recognition of. A man from Dalecarlia brings toys to his curious children.
Despite Lindegren’s popularity, and the fact that she was so well-established in her lifetime, not long after her death, she disappeared from historical narratives about nineteenth-century Swedish art. With an increased interest in both female artists and 19th century painting, she came from the 1980s onwards to be re-entered into Swedish art history.
/The Canon: Perspectives on Swedish Art Historiography/
