Giant Apple Art Painting In Stockholm Palace
Do not miss the vanishing apple painting now to be seen in one of my favourite sites in Stockholm;
Hallwyl Palace. It is a huge piece of art with the size of 56 square metres made of more then 38000 nails, and almost 18000 apples. Hallwyl is located near Norrmalmstorg (where the “Stockholm syndrom” expression was born) and behind the impressive doors you will find an amazing story about a house essentially unchanged since the 1920s. You will feel the presence of the lady Wilhelmina von Hallwyl and her husband.
As passionate collectors of art from all over world this must be a new experience for them. And this time the art will disappear in time..
The woman behind the apple painting, is the scaniabased artist Emma Karp Lundström. She is also the artist and designer in Kivik Apple Art Festival( “Äppelmarknaden”) in Skåne. The name of the painting is ”Fritt efter Frans Floris Pomona” and its made after a original of the famous painting that was once owned by Queen Kristina and that is now a part of the Hallwylska museum collection.
The Hallwyl Palace was built in the years 1893-1898 as a private home for the count and countess von Hallwyl. The building, declared a historical 
monument in 1949, is considered to be Isak Gustaf Clason´s most important work among private homes. In 1920 Walther and Wilhelmina von Hallwyl donated their Stockholm mansion with its contents to the Swedish State. Behind the facade of No 4 Hamngatan the wondrously preserved series of rooms as originally furnished by Wilhelmina von Hallwyl affords a unique testimonial of the lifestyle and décor of the late Victorian period in Sweden.
The Hallwyl Museum caters for corporate and private events ranging from dining in the Museum kitchen combined with a private access tour, to hire of the Courtyard and/or Dining Room for various corporate or private functions.
Photos: Jens Mohr