Vera Nilsson

"Södra Sandby was a village with an old-fashioned character at the beginning of the 1930s, somewhat off the beaten path. It still retains its old-fashioned charm today, although the roofing material has been replaced and the mill has decayed. The farming in the village where Vera Nilsson lived was naturally done entirely with horses, the small herds of cows were milked by hand, and it was still worthwhile to gather a little extra hay from the roadside ditches. Apart from a few simple horse-drawn machines, it was a way of life and work that had more in common with previous centuries than with today's mechanized agriculture.

Vera mostly, if not always, painted Södra Sandby from a distance. If you looked at the village from the north, you would see the mill on the left. There were no visible working people. Occasionally, a girl appears in the foreground, and sometimes a rider approaches.

The Gothenburg Museum of Art owns a painting from Södra Sandby, Ölandsby, which is very typical and a highlight. The pink-colored road draws the viewer into the painting with great force. Vera Nilsson's use of depth and volume cannot be demonstrated more convincingly." - Göran Silfverstolpe, "Vera Nilsson", published in 1995, page 91.