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| Carl Stefan Bennet Interior of the painter's home in Stockholm 1867 oil on canvas, mounted on panel Nationalmuseum, Stockholm |
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| Richard Bergh Portrait of artist Julia Beck 1882 oil on canvas Nationalmuseum, Stockholm |
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| Richard Bergh Portrait of artist Eva Bonnier 1889 oil on canvas Nationalmuseum, Stockholm |
"It is to the enduring credit of the leading Scandinavian countries that they may be counted among those fortunate peoples who, despite external influences, have stoutly guarded their native artistic birthright. Their achievements in the field of painting, sculpture, architecture and industrial design are refreshingly and unmistakably their own. Save in rare and isolated cases they do not speak, and do not attempt to speak, that superficial studio Volapük, that facile salon Esperanto, which is so utterly devoid of character and vitality. You will remark above all in the production of each of these nations, and to a kindred degree in each instance, the salutary stamp of race and of country. It is in fact only the redoubtable Russians who can to-day compete with the sturdy Scandinavians in the possession of a spontaneous, unspoiled esthetic patrimony. The reasons for such a situation have in many respects been similar, if not, indeed, identical. As in the case of Russia, the relative geographical remoteness of the Peninsula, the barrier of an unfamiliar speech, and the fact that the pallid fervour of Christianity and the pagan richness of the Renaissance were comparatively late in making their appearance on the scene, all tended toward preserving that integrity of expression alike in art, letters, and music which is their most distinctive possession."
– Christian Brinton, from the catalog issued for Scandinavian Art, an exhibition held in 1912 at the American Art Galleries in New York
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| Oscar Björck Portrait of Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke painting 1895 oil on canvas Nationalmuseum, Stockholm |
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| William Blair Bruce Open-air studio ca. 1885 oil on canvas Nationalmuseum, Stockholm |
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| Nils Forsberg The artist's son painting in the studio ca. 1886-88 oil on canvas Nationalmuseum, Stockholm |
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| Elisabeth Keyser Self-portrait 1880 oil on canvas Nationalmuseum, Stockholm |
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| Karl Nordström Portrait of the artist's fiancée Tekla Lindeström engraving a block 1885 oil on canvas Nationalmuseum, Stockholm |
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| Bertha Wegmann Portrait of artist Jeanna Bauck 1881 oil on canvas Nationalmuseum, Stockholm |
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| Mimmi Zetterström Self-portrait 1876 oil on panel Nationalmuseum, Stockholm |
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| Emil Österman Portrait of artist Edvard Rosenberg 1901 oil on canvas Nationalmuseum, Stockholm |
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| Anders Zorn Self-portrait 1896 oil on canvas Nationalmuseum, Stockholm |
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| Axel Borg Portrait of artist Ernst Josephson 1883 oil on canvas Nationalmuseum, Stockholm |
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| Lotten Rönquist Studio Interior 1892 oil on canvas Nationalmuseum, Stockholm |