Ivar Arosenius
Gothenburg 1878 - 1909 Älvängen
Portrait of Inga Berentz as Flageolet, 1908
Signed .A. lower left
Charcoal, gouache and graphite on paper
20.5 x 12 cm
8 1/8 x 4 3/4 in
Inga Sofie Berentz (1878 - 1962) was an exact contemporary of Ivar Arosenius. She was an actress and operetta singer who starred in the 1908 short film “Dance from Surcouf” as Flageolet.
It is not known if Arosenius was present at the filming, or if he made the portrait after having seen the finished work.