A Swedish Life in Oil Per Månsson lived a life defined by the quiet precision of the brush and the steady light of Sweden. Born on 11 August 1896, he moved through the early decades of the twentieth century as a painter of focused intent. His work often captured the stillness of a moment, whether in the intimate corners of a portrait or the sprawling openness of a landscape. There is a certain groundedness to his output, a refusal to look away from the tangible textures of daily existence. His hand was most active during the years spanning 1915 to 1919, a period where his oil on canvas and pa…