Apple tree blooming
Executed circa 1886. Oil on relined canvas 25 x 33 cm.
The artist's daughter Karin Linde (1895-1989, née Krouthén, married to Harald Linde, parents of the art critic, jazz musician and museum director Ulf Linde [1929-2013]. Linde made his debut as a writer on arthistory in 1958 with a study on his maternal grandfather).
Gift from her in the 1980's to Annika Rinkeby (née Juhlin, grandchild of Johan Krouthén's sister);
subsequently by descent to the previous owner until 2015.
Östergötlands och Linköpings Stads Museum, "Johan Krouthén. Minnesteckning och katalog", 1958, no. 29 (”Äppelträd, skiss, 25 x 33 cm, 1886” loaned by Mrs. Karin Linde, Stockholm).
Gunnar Lindqvist, "Johan Krouthén. Den ljusa idyllens målare", 1994, illustrated in black and white, p. 43 and full page in colour, p. 34.
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