Early Modern
Early Modern
Gabriel Orm
The Life and Work of Gabriel Orm Gabriel Orm was a Swedish painter born in 1707. Throughout his life, he established himself as a professional painter, eventually passing away in Norrköping on July 2, 1781. His artistic legacy is represented in the collections of the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm. One of his notable works is a 1738 piece titled Trompe l'oeil: Two bats nailed to a timber wall, knife and quill pen, often referred to as "The Bat Painting."
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An Interactive Constellation
The Subject Atlas
A chart of Gabriel Orm's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
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Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.