The Thiel Gallery () is an art museum in the

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park area of

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. Represented are the members of the Artists Association ('' Konstnärsförbundet'') from the early 1900s as well as one of the world's largest collections of works by

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History

The museum was originally the private residence and art gallery of the banker and collector Ernest Thiel (1859–1947), who acquired art made by his contemporaries among

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n artists, such as

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Eugène Jansson Eugène Fredrik Jansson (18 March 1862, Stockholm – 15 June 1915, Nacka) was a Swedish painter known for his night-time landscape painting, land- and cityscapes dominated by shades of blue. Towards the end of his life, from about 1904, he mai ...

and

. The house was built between 1904 and 1907, and it was designed in the

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style with white

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s by the architect

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(1860–1946). The inauguration took place in March 1907. By 1922, Thiel had lost his fortune and he was forced to sell the villa, collection and fixtures. The gallery was acquired by the state in 1924 and opened to the public in 1926. Since then, the building has been rebuilt and modernized several times.
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Gallery

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''Förtvivlan'' Liljefors Morgonstämning vid havet 1896.jpg,

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''Flottans badhus''

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* Art museums and galleries in Stockholm Museums in Stockholm Art museums and galleries established in 1926 1926 establishments in Sweden Listed buildings in Stockholm Ferdinand Boberg buildings {{Sweden-art-display-stub

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