September 18 - February 20, 2011 In the autumn of 2010, one hundred years after the birth of the artist Roland Svensson, Waldemarsudde presents an extensive retrospective exhibition, featuring some 200 works by this popular depicter of the Stockholm Archipelago. Many Swedes have grown up with the imagery of Roland Svensson, through the many books and lithographs that feature his work. His depictions of the Stockholm Archipelago and its inhabitants are found in thousands of Swedish homes. Roland Svensson (1910-2003) worked predominantly in Sweden, but also travelled to distant islands in the North and South Atlantic, to the Shetlands and Tristan da Cuñha. The wealth of artworks left by Roland Svensson includes drawings, watercolours, pastels, lithographs and illustrations, and presents a unique insight into life in the Archipelago of the past. His art is characterized by his feeling of empathy for the people and by his skilful depiction of their lives at interplay with the harshness of nature. The exhibition features the experiences he had in nature that shaped him as an artist and that he loved to depict in his images. - We hope to entice and inspire old as well as new Roland Svensson devotees with the exhibition, and maybe some visitors will discover new aspects to this colourful artist, whose production stretches from the 1930s and forward, says senior curator Göran Söderlund. During his lifetime, Roland Svensson's work often received harsh reviews by the art establishment, but in recent years his art and books have met with increased interest. In conjunction with the exhibition, a richly illustrated book in Swedish entitled Roland Svensson ömänniskan (Roland Svensson, Islander), is being published.