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Born 1978. Known for: Painting.
Sigrid Holmwood was born in 1978. British-Swedish artist Sigrid Holmwood strives to get to the heart of painting: as an activity, as a material substance and as a vehicle for shared history,... Read full biography
Sigrid Holmwood was born in 1978. British-Swedish artist Sigrid Holmwood strives to get to the heart of painting: as an activity, as a material substance and as a vehicle for shared history, knowledge and meaning. She is inspired by the 19th-century peasant painters of the Dalarna province – whose... Read full biography
Sigrid Holmwood was born in 1978. British-Swedish artist Sigrid Holmwood strives to get to the heart of painting: as an activity, as a material substance and as a vehicle for shared history, knowledge and meaning. She is inspired by the 19th-century peasant painters of the Dalarna province – whose folk art is a national symbol of Sweden – which she studied during visits to the Skansen Museum on the island of Djurgården, . Often deploying bold luminescent tones that harbour a distinctly... Read full biography
Sigrid Holmwood was born in 1978. British-Swedish artist Sigrid Holmwood strives to get to the heart of painting: as an activity, as a material substance and as a vehicle for shared history, knowledge and meaning. She is inspired by the 19th-century peasant painters of the Dalarna province – whose folk art is a national symbol of Sweden – which she studied during visits to the Skansen Museum on the island of Djurgården, . Often deploying bold luminescent tones that harbour a distinctly post-Impressionist quality, her pigments and glazes are concocted entirely from scratch, using ingredients ranging from precious stones to powdered insects. She relates her psychedelic palette to the hippie culture of the 1960s, which enshrined ideas of... Read full biography
Sigrid Holmwood was born in 1978. British-Swedish artist Sigrid Holmwood strives to get to the heart of painting: as an activity, as a material substance and as a vehicle for shared history, knowledge and meaning. She is inspired by the 19th-century peasant painters of the Dalarna province – whose folk art is a national symbol of Sweden – which she studied during visits to the Skansen Museum on the island of Djurgården, . Often deploying bold luminescent tones that harbour a distinctly post-Impressionist quality, her pigments and glazes are concocted entirely from scratch, using ingredients ranging from precious stones to powdered insects. She relates her psychedelic palette to the hippie culture of the 1960s, which enshrined ideas of returning to the land. More broadly, her work might be seen in relation to that of Vincent van Gogh, wh... Read full biography
