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The Thiel Gallery\u00a0is recognized as one of the finest art museums in Sweden and is beautifully set in walled grounds at Blockhusudden in the royal park of Djurg\u00e5rden. The gallery houses a unique collection of works of art from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by leading artists of the period including Eug\u00e8ne Jansson, Carl Larsson, Bruno Liljefors, Edvard Munch, August Strindberg and Anders Zorn.<\/p>\n

The building was designed by Ferdinand Boberg specifically to house banker and art patron Ernest Thiel\u2019s magnificent art collection and was completed in 1907. The Thiel Gallery\u00a0also served as Ernest Thiel's home from 1907 to 1924 and has remained largely unaltered ever since.<\/p>\n

The upper floor was designed in accordance with Thiel\u2019s own proposal of two large rooms \u201cwhose walls would be covered with paintings\u201d. These two rooms, as well as the grand Munch room, all have glass roofs that admit daylight.<\/p>\n

The tower room is surely the heart of the gallery \u2013 or perhaps its soul \u2013 containing Nietzsche\u2019s death mask and prints by Edvard Munch.<\/p>\n

It becomes apparent just how meticulous Ernest Thiel was in his choice of lighting, in the disposition of the rooms, the choice of colours and so on. The collection and the building together form a strikingly beautiful entity.<\/p>\n

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The Exterior<\/h3>\n

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The various sections of the buildings that comprise The Thiel Gallery\u00a0are composed in a manner that is reminiscent of both the Italian Renaissance and the architectural traditions of southern Europe and the Orient.<\/p>\n

Equally relevant is the building\u2019s affinity with the style of late art nouveau represented by the so-called Viennese school of architecture. Characteristic of this style are the geometric and cubic shapes, uncluttered surfaces and sparse decoration.<\/p>\n

The gallery has been subject to a number of alterations over the years. In 1932 the old kitchens and staff quarters were converted into a modern dwelling for the curator of the gallery. That is now\u00a0turned into a caf\u00e9.\u00a0The former bedrooms have been part of the gallery and are now used for temporary exhibitions.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0The grounds<\/h3>\n

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The grounds in which The Thiel Gallery\u00a0is set take the form of an undulating meadow, rich with blooms among the grass in the spring and dominated by colourful leaves on the numerous trees in autumn. Ernest Thiel\u2019s ashes are buried beneath a rock below Auguste Rodin\u2019s sculpture \u201cThe Shadow\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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