This early 20th-century drawing by Swedish artist Leopold Morsing (1887-1971) depicts a model with head turned.As a young man, Morsing was thrust into an ever-advancing art scene with emerging modernist ideas filtering into Stockholm. Many of his contemporaries had trained in Paris and returned galvanised by the avant-garde. Art was changing, moving away from the rigours of academic thinking and towards a brighter, more liberal future.He trained within two traditional environments, firstly at Caleb Althin''s painting school, and then at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts. This portrait study from 1906 was completed during his time at Althin’s and appears to depict the same model as seen here.It’s a gripping depiction with the eyes seemingly captivated. As if she knows, but we’re not privy. There’s life here, movement and spirit. It’s an achievement to convey such animation considering she’s a regular model that he presumably studied often.Following his tuition, Mors...