September Day

Septemberdag

Translation: September Day
Artist: Sigurd Bergmann
Year: 1994
Medium: Watercolour on textured paper

Septemberdag is a moment suspended at the edge of summer’s warmth and autumn’s arrival. In this painting, Sigurd Bergmann invites us into a golden-toned wetland, where the sun gently diffuses through early fall mist. The scene is quiet, yet full of presence — tall trees on the left catch fire in rusty reds and oranges, while the lowlands shimmer in ochre and sienna.

A stream winds softly through the marsh, reflecting the cloudy sky above, offering a mirror to the stillness of the land. Sigurd’s brushwork is delicate and impressionistic, evoking a place both real and remembered — a landscape experienced not just through the eyes, but through memory and breath.

It’s a painting of transitions — not just of seasons, but of light and emotion. A walk through this landscape feels like a meditation on time, on patience, and the soft beauty of change.