Modernist watercolor Two Nudes Bacchantes by Albert Hoffsten ca 1922 ^Sale

Signed: Edvard Albert Efraim Hoffsten (1887 - 1927), was a Swedish artist and draftsman. Two nude female figures are seductive. In the hand of one of the girls, one of the attributes of the Dionysian cult is depicted - a bunch of grapes. For modern man (largely due to the popular interpretation of the Bacchic mysteries by Friedrich Nietzsche), bacchanalia symbolizes a beneficial creative impulse of the human spirit, freed from the shackles of stereotypes and imposed rules.
Size app.: 23.8 x 34 cm (roughly 9.4 x 13.4 in), framed 33.3 x 42.6 (roughly 13.1 x 16.8 in). Perfect condition except for the frame wear. Please study good resolution images for overall cosmetic condition. In person actual painting may appear darker or brighter than in our pictures, strictly depending on sufficient light in your environment. Weight of app. 1 kg is going to measure some 2 kg volume weight packed for shipment.
Albert Hoffsten studied at Konstnärsförbundet's school in Stockholm and then stayed in Paris in 1911-1912. He joined the artist group “De unga” in 1910 and participated in the group's exhibitions in 1910 and 1911. In the following years, he participated in group exhibitions with the Artists' Union and Sweden's General Art Association. Separately, he exhibited at the Little Exhibition in 1926. His art consists of still lifes , figures, portraits and landscapes in oil or watercolor. Hoffsten is represented at the National Museum,the Modern Museum and at Waldemarsudde. A memorial exhibition of his art was shown at the Little Exhibition in 1928.