ID: 2714
Original Drawings and Paintings
SEDWALL, Barbro
Category: Art
Place/Publisher/Date:
No place No publisher.
Description:
Twenty five original drawings, 17 in ink, and eight mixed media- which appear to studies for a book. The ink drawings are mostly portraits, including a set of Jazz musicians and others that appear to have been performed while on holiday in Italy. All signed different sizes. Barbro Sedwall was the daughter of master baker in Söderhamn, Sweden. In 1947 she won a drawing competition where Walt Disney Studios was looking for a lead artist for a planned film about Nils Holgersson, which unfortunately did not come to fruition. Sedwall is best known for her picture books, which have been translated into Danish, Finnish, French, Norwegian and German. They are about her own upbringing in a baker's family in Söderhamn and the upbringing of a playmate in a fishing family. In 1998 she was awarded an honorary prize by Hälsinge Akademi for having recreated old Söderhamn environments.Sedwall is best known for her picture books, which have been translated into Danish, Finnish, French, Norwegian and German. They are about her own upbringing and that of a playmate in a fishing family. During the 1980s and 1990s, she toured Sweden with her books going to classrooms and libraries, She wanted to encourage children to interview their older relatives, and many children made their own little books that they sent to her. In 1994, she had a solo exhibition in Söderhamn, the theme was "Preserve culture", a motto she had found spray-painted on a demolition site where one of the city's old wooden houses had been demolished. In April 2020, Barbro Sedwall was "author of the month", appointed by the literary activities within Kultur Gävleborg, HelGe libraries and P4 Gävleborg, Sveriges Radio. At that time, she and her books were highlighted both in libraries, online and on the radio.
Price £400.00
