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A Forest Troll

John Bauer (1882 - 1918)

Artist/Maker

DatesMade: 1909

Material / Technique

Watercolour

Dimensionsh x w: Mått 32 x 33 cm h x w x d: Ram 60 x 47 x 3,5 cm h x w: Passepartout 55 x 42 cm

Inventory numberNMB 342

AcqusitionPurchase 1912

Other titlesTitle (sv): Ett skogstroll Title (en): A Forest Troll

DescriptionDescription: Have you ever heard yourself described as “lovely as a troll”? Probably not. But in folklore trolls often looked just like normal people, and they could actually be beautiful too. Even though they were often unmasked by their tails which tended to stick out under their skirts or through a trouser leg. It was the artist John Bauer who gave us the image of trolls as being ugly with prominent noses. In the picture the troll is bending over the little farmstead in the forest and sniffing with his hugely long nose.

Collection

MaterialWatercolour

TechniquePainting