4. Summary

The characters encountered above have allowed us yet another access to the reflection on the impact of impressionism on Swedish fiction written in the late nineteenth century. To justify the introduction of a painter among the underprivileged characters populating Fattigt folk, Geijerstam chooses a misunderstood avant-garde artist. Although it is likely that any ‘-ism’ in opposition to the official taste would have served the purpose, the adoption of impressionism makes its representative, Iv.