#owe zerge

[huariqueje]

Still Life - Owe Zerge

Swedish , b. 1894-1983

Oil on panel , 55 x 46 cm.

[random-brushstrokes]

Owe Zerge - The Neck (water spirit), 1925

[gayartists]

The Neck (Water Spirit), 1925, Owe Zerge

[thewindowofthesummerhouse]

Owe Zerge

[venustapolis]

Victoria Mortis (Owe Zerge, 1921)

[arinewman7]

Victoria Mortis

Owe Zerge

1921

[darklingvd]

Owe Zerge’s Saint Sebastian (1921), an oil‑on‑canvas work, blends a late‑Symbolist atmosphere with an unusually intimate portrayal of the martyr. The kneeling, soft, almost androgynous figure shifts the emphasis from heroism to vulnerability and surrender. The setting is deliberately theatrical and decorative, with small, symbolic arrows and a clean, graphic halo that lends the piece an icon‑like spirituality. The result is a restrained, aesthetic, and subtly sensual interpretation within the Scandinavian Symbolist tradition.

[chantssecrets]

"Praying Boy", by Owe Zerge, 1939, pencil on paper.