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Eugène Jansson

Evening Mood-Lidingö

1900
oil on canvas
90.1 × 168.6 cm (35.5 × 66.4 in)

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

Jansson, known as the "Blue Painter," was called "Paraffin Jansson" by other artists because the light in his paintings reminded them of the light from the paraffin (kerosene) lamps widely used in houses at the time.

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