Carl Wilhelmson found most of his subjects in his native Bohuslän. His brightly lit scenes portray the province’s austere, rocky landscape and hard-working fishing communities with gravity and dignity. This painting shows rowing boats putting out from outside the church in Fiskebäckskil to take churchgoers back home after the Sunday service. The special painting technique and bright, luminous palette reflect influences from Wilhelmson’s time in France and artists such as Paul Gauguin.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Carl_Wilhelmson" class="extiw" title="w:en:Carl Wilhelmson"><span title="Swedish artist (1866-1928)">Carl Wilhelmson</span></a>
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1909<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1909-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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