In 1937, the German Jewish artist Lotte Laserstein fled Nazi persecution and emigrated to Sweden. She was 49 and already known for her striking figurative paintings. In Sweden, Laserstein took on commissions for portrait works while trying to save her mother and sister, who had not escaped from Germany. Her efforts were in vain: Laserstein’s mother was murdered at the Ravensbrück concentration camp and her sister died in hiding. Laserstein never left Sweden and for the next five decades worked on self-portraits, rural landscapes, and urban scenes. This exhibition of her work is the largest in the Nordic region to date. —Elena Clavarino