Hip hip hooray! Artists celebrating at Skagen by P.S. Krøyer

Photo: Hip hip hooray! Artists celebrating at Skagen (1888) oil on canvas painting by Peder Severin Krøyer, 134.5 × 165.5 cm (53 × 65.2 in), Gothenburg Museum of Art (Göteborgs konstmuseum), Sweden

The image above depicts the artists living and working in Skagen, Denmark, gathering in a garden for a celebration. The persons in the painting are (L-R) Martha Johansen, painter Viggo Johansen, Norwegian painter, writer and journalist Christian Krohg, Peder Severin Krøyer (P.S. Krøyer), Degn Brøndum (Anna Ancher's brother), Michael Ancher, Swedish painter Oscar Björck, Danish painter Thorvald Niss, teacher Helene Christensen, Danish painter Anna Ancher and Helga Ancher.

The Norwegian-Danish painter P.S. Krøyer (1851-1909) is one of the most celebrated of the Skagen Painters, a community of Danish and Nordic artists who had been working in Skagen, Denmark in the final decades of the 1800s.

Malin Sundström with a Jack-o'-lantern

Public Domain Image: Malin Sundström of Caramell group with a Jack-o'-lantern (carved pumpkin) for the Halloween on 31 October 1998; image creator: F.U.S.I.A., Café Opera, Stockholm, Sweden.

Carl Fredrik Hill: Trädet och flodkröken III (Bois-le-Roi)

Public Domain Images: Trädet och flodkröken III (Bois-le-Roi), oil on canvas painting (1877) by Swedish artist Carl Fredrik Hill (1849-1911), currently located at Nationalmuseum Stockholm (National Museum of Fine Arts, the national gallery of Sweden).

Swedish Gilded Silver Bridal Crown

Public Domain Photo: Gilded silver bridal crown by Swedish master goldsmith Bo Stefan with photos of four brides who had worn it in the period between 1938 and 1978. The brides are Eva Sterner (Mrs. C. J. Stefan Ridderstedt), Birgit Anderson (Mrs. C. Erik Ridderstedt), Märta Enbäck (Mrs. R. Stig Stefanson) and Ingegärd Stefanson (Mrs. Arne Klum), photo taken at the Church of Sweden, Täby, Sweden.

Nils Möllerberg's Pomona in Lund, Sweden

PD Photo: Nils Möllerberg's Pomona Statue in Stadsparken (City Park) in Lund, Scania, southern Sweden.

Nils Möllerberg (1892-1954) was a Swedish sculptor, painter and graphic artist. He was the son of Carl Möllerberg, who was a fruit grower and photographer in Tomarp outside Kristianstad in southern Sweden, where Möllerberg settled back at 56 years of age. From 16 years of age he was apprenticed to senior artists in Copenhagen. He lived in Paris between 1919 and 1928 and was influenced by artists such as Aristide Maillol and Auguste Rodin, whose influence is particularly evident in his female figures.

Leda och svanen, sculpture by Helge Högbom

Photo: Public fountain ‘Leda och svanen’ (Leda and the Swan), sculpture by Helge Högbom, located in central Eslöv, Sweden.