Stockholm

John Taylor Arms

"Stockholm" is the first in what Arms called his "Scandinavian Series". Done in 1940 this print won a number of awards between 1941 and 1948. Done with his usual photographic detail Arms allegedly used no magnifiers to create his plates. He would often spend 1,000 hours on the plate.

This subject of this etching is of the waterfront of downtown Stockholm, viewed through the shade of an overhanging colonnade and the columns of City Hall. The Stockholm City Hall was designed by the architect Ragnar Östberg is built from eight million bricks. It was built in 1923 on the eastern tip of Kungsholmen island.

Across the canal is a view of Riddarholmen and Gamla Stan (the old town). To the left of the central column is the 13th century Riddarholm Church steeple and to the right is the Engelbrekt monument in the garden of the City Hall. Because of the way etchings print the view is a mirror image of the actual location.