Ivar Arosenius
Gothenburg 1878 - 1909 Älvängen
Waterlilies, 1902
Signed and dated IA 02 lower left
inscribed on the backboard Svarttjärn, Torsby Fryksände målat av Ivar Arosenius
Graphite and gouache on paper
23.3 x 20.3 cm
9 1/8 x 8 in
The motif is taken from lake Svarttjärn in Fryksände parish north of Torsby, a small town in the province of Värmland in Sweden.
In the summer of 1902, Arosenius travelled with his friend and future brother-in-law, the architect and furniture designer Ernst Spolén, from Gothenburg to his parents' home in Torsby. Spolén was to marry Ivar's sister Ingegerd…