Jenny Nyström — Toddler with Poinsettias, Christmas Star Postcard

In Sweden, the poinsettia is called julstjärna — the Christmas star — and Jenny Nyström understood exactly what it means as a gift: something vivid, generous, overflowing. Here a smiling toddler in a lavender dress holds a bouquet of red blooms almost as large as herself, the whole composition enclosed in an oval vignette that concentrates all the warmth and charm. It is a card for sending to someone you love, or for keeping as a tender piece from the Jenny Nyström collection.