Girl on the Sand

A child should be painted the way children themselves paint. Spontaneously. (Letter to Einar Reuter April 8, 1920) (T) Girl on the Sand is a painting full of light. The girl's crouched-over position is delicately depicted. Schjerfbeck mostly painted in oil, but tried to avoid producing a glossy surface. In Girl on the Sand she used tempera, which leaves a matte surface. It was often difficult to g…