핀란드의 대표적인 모더니즘 화가 헬레네 셰르프벡(1862-1946)을 만나보세요. 사실주의적 자화상과 풍경화에서 시작해 물감의 균형과 신비로운 이미지가 돋보이는 추상에 가까운 작품으로 진화해 온 북유럽 예술의 선구자입니다.
Schjerfbeck titled this painting after the black lace shawl worn by Sigrid Nyberg, her friend and landlady in a town on the Finnish coast. As the artist worked, she transformed the shawl and torso into abstract shapes and passages of color. Bold strokes and thin layers of paint create a varied, textured surface. Nyberg’s face is stylized, with dramatic eyes, lips, and sleek hair evoking the modern woman of the 1920s. Schjerfbeck described the picture as conveying both beauty and "inner sorrow and emptiness." The artist’s style earned her a reputation as "Finland’s Edvard Munch." This is her first work acquired by a museum in the United States.