{"id":16690,"date":"2020-12-22T14:46:10","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T13:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thielskagalleriet.se\/?page_id=16690"},"modified":"2025-10-13T10:44:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T08:44:10","slug":"hjalmar-soderberg-and-the-arts-a-jubilee-exhibition-19-september-2019-february-14-january-2022","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thielskagalleriet.se\/en\/press\/hjalmar-soderberg-and-the-arts-a-jubilee-exhibition-19-september-2019-february-14-january-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Hjalmar S\u00f6derberg and the Visual Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The author Hjalmar S\u00f6derberg (1869\u20131941) had a close relationship with the visual arts. The exhibition features works that highlight both the author\u2019s view of himself, and the view other artists had of S\u00f6derberg. Books with ornaments made by the author and other objects that relate to the S\u00f6derberg are also displayed in the \u201cS\u00f6derberg Room\u201d, where the artist used to stay in difficult times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ernest Thiel\u2019s financial support allowed author to focus on his literary career. S\u00f6derberg also assisted Thiel \u2013 in reviewing his translations of Friedrich Nietzsche\u2019s \u0153uvre into Swedish. Thiel describes S\u00f6derberg as his most faithful friend and the author was always a welcome guest in the palace. They were also both passionate chess players and sometimes the three decade long correspondence consisted only of chess moves by way of short notes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

S\u00f6derberg despised all forms of hypocrisy and a clear pattern in his literary works is the support for women\u2019s right to choose for themselves. This applies not the least in the modern relationship drama Gertrud<\/em> (1906). It might not be a coincidence then, that the two most observant and acute portraits were made by two female artists, Astrid Kjellberg-Juel <\/strong>(1877\u20131965) and Gerda Wallander <\/strong>(1860\u20131926). In addition, Hildur Hult-W\u00e5hlin\u2019s<\/strong> (also called Hildur Hult) (1872\u20131904) sensitive coal drawing and Anna Riwkin\u2019s<\/strong> (1908\u20131970) silver gelatin photograph of the aging author with the mindful gaze, are among the most noteworthy portraits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hjalmar S\u00f6derberg was a draughtsman his whole life but the interest in making self-portraits peaked early in his life. In the drawing Moi<\/em> from 1890 S\u00f6derberg has one eye open for far vision while the other is squinting for near sightedness, a way of showing his ability to view humanity both at a distance and close up. In the short story Vox populi<\/em>, published in Historietter<\/em> (Anecdotes<\/em>) from 1898, he writes: \u201cI have noticed that one sees the world more synoptic if one looks at it with half closed eyes. All lines become cleaner and simpler. [\u2026]\u201d Reflections on the gaze is also manifested in a photography where the author observes the passerby with a binocular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an ink wash from 1895 S\u00f6derberg has changed shape and depicts himself as a dandy posing in front of wallpaper with French fleur-de-lis. That same year, S\u00f6derberg\u2019s harshly criticised debut novel, F\u00f6rvillelser <\/em>(Delusions<\/em>), were published.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exhibition Hjalmar S\u00f6derberg and the Visual Arts <\/em>takes place in \u201cS\u00f6derbergrummet\u201d (\u201cThe S\u00f6derberg Room\u201d) where the homelike feeling is heightened by the furniture: the author\u2019s secretaire and chair, and a bust sculpture of the philosopher Voltaire. Works from the Thiel Gallery are shown alongside loans from Nationalmuseum, Moderna Museet, the Gothenburg University Library, \u00d6rebro University Library, the Bonnier Portrait Collection, Nedre Manilla and private owners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Curator: Sophie Allg\u00e5rdh in collaboration with S\u00f6derbergs\u00e4llskapet (The S\u00f6derberg Association)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gerda Wallander, Portrait of Hjalmar S\u00f6derberg<\/em>, 1916, Thielska Galleriet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Hildur Hult, Portrait of Hjalmar S\u00f6derberg<\/em>, 1902, charcoal drawing, 48 x 62 cm. Photo: Per Myrehed \/ The Thiel Gallery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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Hjalmar S\u00f6derberg, Self portrait<\/em>, 1895, ink wash. Belonging to Bonniers portrait collection, Nedre Manilla. Photo: Per Myrehed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Hjalmar S\u00f6derberg, The church tower of Saint Clare<\/em>, 1884, crayon on paper, G\u00f6teborgs universitetsbibliotek. Photo: Per Myrehed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Hjalmar S\u00f6derberg, Maria von Platen from memory<\/em>, undated, drawing. G\u00f6teborgs universitetsbibliotek. Photo: Per Myrehed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Yngve Berg, Portrait of Hjalmar S\u00f6derberg,<\/em> 1947, ink wash,  Bonniers portrait collection. Photo: Per Myrehed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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