This book gives an overview of the history of Swedish art since about 1862 until the present time, demonstrating the wonderful vitality of that tradition. While there is general awarness in the U.S. of the most prominent Swedish artists of the period covered by the exhibition (especially Carl Larsson (1853-1919), whose 1918 'Portrait of Poet Erik Axel Karlfeldt', catalogue number 25, is included in the exhibit, and Anders Zorn (1860-1920), whose 1906 depiction of 'Girls from Dalarna Having a Bath', catalogue number 17, is also on display), many of the fine artists whose works are being show are less recognized. Contributions: Torsten Gunnarson: Swedish nineteenth-century painting between European and National influences / Magnus Bons: The outer forms of color and the interior spaces of painting.0Exhibition: Hillstrom Museum of Art, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, USA (10.9.-2.12.2012).