The Snowdrop / Snöklockan, bronze version of a Per Hasselberg design
Per Hasselberg (1850-1894) was a Swedish sculptor, known for his delicate plaster sculptures of naked women. Born in Sweden, he moved to France as a young man and studied at the École des Beaux-Arts.
It was in Paris, that a snowdrop beside the Seine inspired to him to create this image of a naked female, just rising from youth to adulthood, with a small snowdrop at her foot. The plaster Perce-Neige (Snowdrop) created his breakthrough at the Paris Salon in 1881 and two years later the sculpture was made in marble, upon commission by the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm at a price of SEK 6,000. This version won him the first Swedish sculptor gold medal at the Salon, ensuring his ongoing fame.
Not long after his death, the sculpture was cast in bronze for Mariatorget in Stockholm, and inaugurated in November 1900. Apparently, this was the city’s first sculpture erected purely as a work of art and not to honour any famous subject.
Hex colour reference: F664af
A colourful note: Magenta has been a Crayola crayon since tehir origins in 1903, though it seems to have undergone a slight modification in shade. The whole purple-red band seems to have undergone a lot of name and slight shade duplication and changes so I can’t tell you much more.
In my googling research for this Colour Your World challenge, I have discovered a true crayon connoisseur, Ed Welter, who has written a whole series of fascinating papers on Crayola’s history and gives great samples of crayon patches through the years. If you’d like to know more, just click on the copy of one his images below.
Ed Welter’s purple samples through history – click here for much more
Debbie Smyth, 22 February 2016
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Love the tutu. The color comparison chart is fascination.
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It seemed a nice way to appreciate a beautiful sculpture. And that colour man must have devoted an immense amount of time to his research.
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how lucky that you came across the tutu, it is fabulous.
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This has me smiling, Debbie. Two of our local library branches have Dr. Seuss characters in front of the building and last year someone had dressed them in knitted winter wear. So much fun. This year they just had to shiver, I guess.
janet
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How wonderful to see! I loved reading Dr Seuss to my daughter
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I did, too. I may have to get some from the library just to read to me!
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Love this!
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I love the “yarn bombing” version. It’s fun and doesn’t really detract from the sculpture itself!
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Most of the yarn bombing I’ve seen before is just colourful wraps around trees. This version gave me a smile.
It’s a friendly version of graffitti – no permanent damage caused.
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How lucky for you someone dressed her up in magenta.
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A local shop had a framed picture of her in this outfit too, so obviously not a one-off. They also had a picture of the sculpture opposite this one, dressed in very warm socks!
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What people do to sale…
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perfect!
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