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376 A History of Sweden
Thus Selma Lagerlof has shown us how much
beauty there is in life, and how much good is happen-
ing in our world. The same world in which Strind-
berg finds only misery, meanness, and vice is to Selma
Lagerlof as to Viktor Rydberg a world in which the
good is moving on to victory. But one type of man is
reprehensible to both, the egotist, who thinks only of
his own little fortune and would rise by putting others
down.
CHAPTEE XXIV
ART AND SCIENCE
A. PAINTING
The Art of Painting has had a slow development in
the North. Not until our own day has Sweden had any
great painters. Now, however, her masterpieces in
this art rank among the foremost in the world. Her
most distinguished historical paintings are by George
von Rosen and Gustav Cederstrom.
George von Rosen. In his historical paintings von
Rosen aims especially to express the soul life of his
characters. In his celebrated painting, "Eric XIV,"
one can see Eric’s anguish of soul. One can see him, as
it were, hesitating between Goran Persson, who urges
him to sign the death warrant, and Karin, his good
guardian angel.
Gustwv Cederstrom. One of the most popular of
Sweden’s historical paintings is that of the Funeral
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