KRAPPERUP, Sweden—Realism and figurative art runs like a common thread through the art of painting, going back to masters like Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Velázquez, Caravaggio, Goya, and Zorn—even all the way back to the cave paintings of our ancestors, tens of thousands of years ago.
This summer, two of Scandinavia’s finest oil painters were featured in an exhibition in Krapperup, Sweden, alongside a classical sculptor, on the theme “It’s about us.” The three artists all work with figurative narratives, yet the works of painters Nick Alm and Odd Nerdrum, and sculptor Maud Lewenhaupt du Jeu tell different stories about the human condition.