Landscape of Öland, gypsies on a horse

Nils Kreuger studied at the Academy in Stockholm, and in Paris, where he later joined the Swedish artist colonies in Montparnasse and Grez and embraced the plein air painting. Back in Sweden, he joined the "Opponents". He was later one of the founders of the Varberg school with Richard Bergh and Karl Nordstrom. Kreuger was inspired by Paul Gauguin's paintings and the Swedish landscape around Varberg. His visited the island of Öland during the summers. With sketchbook in hand, he walked on the Alvar Plain and captured this special landscape with their grazing cows and horses. The painting "Landscape of Öland, gypsies on a horse" from 1885 is one of his best works. It was painted in an impressionistic style and was considered radical for its time. Maybe saw Kreuger it more like a sketch for a larger work that was never painted.