Carl Larsson — By the Old Bridge

Before Carl Larsson became Sweden's beloved chronicler of home life, he spent formative years at Grez-sur-Loing in France, painting outdoor scenes with the Nordic artists' colony there. This oil painting — warm, luminous, impressionist in feeling — shows a woman in red standing beside an old stone bridge over a gently flowing river, framed by summer trees and lush growth. It is a work of quiet charm from an important early chapter of the artist's career. A beautiful postcard for admirers of Swedish art history and 19th-century European painting — see the full Carl Larsson collection.