Description
Originating in the province of Dalarna, Sweden, the Dala Horse (Swedish Dalahäst) is a brightly painted wooden horse that has come to symbolize Sweden as a whole. The fanciful designs on the saddle follow traditional Scandinavian painting techniques from the 1700-1800’s. While the Norwegian term for the style is rosemåling (rose painting), the Swedes have a couple different names for it: Kurbits (gourd), for the stylized squashes and gourds often included in the paintings, and Dalmålning (Dalarna/dale painting).
Dimensions: 11 x 14 inches
Art is unmatted and unframed.
This is original colored pencil art made with Polychromos Colour Pencils by Faber-Castell, an oil-based colored pencil that contains less wax than most colored pencils and therefore suffers from less wax bloom than most (in which the wax rises to the surface, dulling pigments over time). The pigments are acid-free, with the highest lightfast ratings in the industry. The majority of the colors are rated at the highest fade resistance of 100+ years, with a few rated at 25+ years.
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