Ivar Arosenius
Gothenburg 1878 - 1909 Älvängen
The Mill (Kvarnen), 1906
Signed and dated IA 06 lower right
Oil and tempera on canvas
89 x 125 cm
35 x 49 1/4 in
The Mill depicts a queue of downtrodden characters making their way into a summer pavilion. They emerge on the other side reborn: youthful, joyous, and inebriated.
The landscape, wildlife and flowers are all bright and positive on the right-hand side, while what has been left behind is dull, grey and dying. As so often, Arosenius hints at the supposed…