Stockholm Archipelago Sunset Landscape 1930 Large Post Impressionist Painting

Signed lower right “Iv. Constantin 1930” for Ivan Constantin Sannesjö Johansson (1887 - 1946), also known as Iwan Constantin, was a Swedish painter and graphic artist. Spectacular vivid painting of the Stockholm archipelago (consisting of several tens of thousands of islands), depicting the coming dusk in bright contrast of the cool Scandinavian sunset. The fine perspective of the rocky coast and the elevation, the combination of colors and shades, harmoniously weave together in this landscape, creating a feeling of depth and greatness of these harsh places, sung over the course of many centuries in the Scandinavian epics. The talented Swedish master of post-impressionist sentiment captured this essence, inviting us to enjoy the pristine beauty of this corner of wild nature. Antique oil painting on canvas, signed, framed.
Size app.: 67 x 76.5 cm (roughly 26.4 x 30.1 in), in frame 82 x 92 cm (roughly 32.3 x 36.2 in). Overall in very good ready to hang condition with just minimal wear. Please study good resolution images for cosmetic condition. In person actual painting may appear darker or brighter than in our pictures, strictly depending on sufficient light in your environment. Weight of app. 5.2 kg is going to measure 8 kg packed for shipment.
Johansson studied at Althin's painting school and the Art Academy in Stockholm 1905 - 1910. After his studies, he settled around 1910 in Leksand and there came into contact with Skeberg's artist colony, and in 1927 the family moved to Stockholm. He debuted with an exhibition at Hultberg's art store in 1912, where he displayed around 30 oil paintings. Together with Anders Altzar from Leksand, he exhibited in salon Joël at Hamngatan 16 in Stockholm. Among his public works are a large painting on Domnarvsbron with the ironworks in the background, it hangs in the session hall at SSAB Tunnplåt in Borlänge, wall and ceiling paintings for the cinema Palladium in Borlänge, as well as decoration of director Nils Jonas Adamsson's large villa in Äppelviken and Johan Nordling's home in Skeberg . His art consists of portraits, figures in interiors and landscapes with motifs from Dalarna. As an illustrator, in 1921 he made the vignette on the title page and a portrait for Johan Nordling's book "Berg och Buda". As a portraitist, he carried out several portrait commissions, including painting both Jussi and David Björling . The portrait of Jussi Björling is reinvented in a biography Guldstrupen . In addition to his own creation, he received students in his home among the more famous brands Folke Gottfrid Grütter . In recent years, Johansson has been noticed with an exhibition at Leksand's cultural center in 1996 and he is represented at the Handicrafts Institute with the oil painting Gammal liesmedja and in the Livregementet's grenadiers art collection with the Kökspigan.