highdiver Särö

highdiver SäröUnique advertising poster promoting an exhilarating high diving spectacle, featuring the renowned diver Professor Oscar Norin poised to execute a record setting jump. Accompanying him is an unnamed female colleague, intriguingly portrayed both in portrait and as a daring diver, poised for a dramatic leap through flames. The event is masterfully orchestrated by "Stockholm's Bicycle Club" and, despite showcasing horse racing and spectators, takes place

Artist: Lithography Swedish Art Industry | Created: 1928

King Carl XVI Gustaf went along on this trip which is why a photographer was on board

Illustrator: Guillaume Delisle | Created: about 1721-1774

his initial vision was to depict "a shaded forest interior with a glimpse of the sea at sunset

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Nazi Germany occupied Norway and Denmark even though the countries

The motif is called Dancing Figure and was created in 1905

When Strindberg embarked on creating this piece

they could not maintain their competitiveness and filed for bankruptcy in 1972

The magpie's intelligence lies in its social patterns

the text Falco Peregrinus - Latin for the name of the species

writer and playwright