Ivar Arosenius
Gothenburg 1878 - 1909 Älvängen
Venus and Diogenes, 1908
Each titled Venus och Diogenes lower left, and signed and dated I.A./08 lower right
Watercolour on paper (4)
Each 9 x 14.3 cm (image size)
Each 3 1/2 x 5 5/8 in (image size)
Venus och Diogenes is the final set of images where Ivar Arosenius used his idiosyncratic style and humour to create his own versions of classic tales. Ben Onis dröm at Nationalmuseum in Stockholm and Leda och svanen at the Gothenburg Museum of Art are the most notable other examples.
First we are presented with Diogenes lying in his barrel, sceptically…