Prins Eugen som monumentalmålare : A study of mural painting as an artform

• Main Author: Persson, Allan
• Format: Others
• Language: Swedish
• Published: Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation 2006
• Subjects: Mural Painting; Architecture; Prince Eugen; Georg Pauli; Perspective; Flatness; Room; Väggmåleri; Monumentalmåleri; Arkitektur; Prins Eugen; Perspektiv; Ytmässighet; Rum; Art; Konstvetenskap
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-444

The aim of this essay is to examine the relationship between picture and room, between wallpainting and architecture. The basis for such exploration is the mural painting in Sweden at the turn of the 20th century, and the artist in focus is Prince Eugen (1865-1947). His works "Sommar"(1904), "Rimfrosr"(1909) & "Staden vid vattnet"(1922) and the rooms in which they are in make for an anlysis concerning how the totality of the space is experienced by the viewer. The main issue in mentioned expeience is how the mural is perceived with regard to the other elements in the room. And here, the walls' "flatness" enhancing its decorative qualities plays in. The problem with a mural built on the principles of perspective becomes evident when a wall is seen to vanish through the painting of an illusion on it.