Thirty years of art
 Rich
production
According to an estimation by Katarina Borgh Bertorp (LINK), who
has made several exhibitions with Hjertén's art, her total
production amounted to slightly more than 500 paintings, together
with sketches, water-colours and drawings; Sigrid Hjertén
took part in at least one exhibition each year from her debut in
1912 and during the whole nineteen tens.
Reviewers get more and more appreciative
Even if the critics were seldom pleased Hjertén was selfconfident
as an artist. She knew her value and she was driven by a strong
passion. Besides, all reviews were not negative.
In spring 1915 Sigrid Hjertén was
exhibiting at Galerie Der Sturm in Berlin together with Isaac Grunewald,
Edward Hald, Einar Jolin and Gšsta Adrian-Nilsson (GAN). The name
of the exhibition was Schwedische Expressionisten and it included
the most avant-garde of Swedish art. The exhibition was favourably
received. By the way, August Brunius, the art critic of Svenska
Dagbladet, has a positive attitude towards Hjertén's art
from the beginning, and he describes her works of art in a lyrical
tone. After some time other reviewers get more and more appreciative
too. However, the painter does not get a full recognition until
after her large one-man exhibition at the Academy of Fine Arts in
Stockholm in 1936.
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