William Scharff. Figure scenery, preliminary study for the decoration at Bergsjöholm Castle, 1930

William Scharff (1886-1959). Figure scenery, preliminary study for the decoration in the rotunda at Bergsjöholm castle near Ystad, gouache on paper mounted on masonite board, signed William Scharff 1930. 83 x 106 cm (101 x 125 cm). There are a few small damages to the paper. Exhibited at the Kunstforeningens William Scharff exhibition at Charlottenborg in 1958, catalogue no. 118, stamp from here on the back. The Sketches Museum in Lund owns a large collection of sketches for the decoration at Bergsjöholm, including charcoal drawings with this motif. Weilbach writes: '[One of] the main works is the decoration of the rotunda at the Bjersjöholm estate in Skåne, which combines local folklore with depictions of daily work in the countryside'.