STOCKHOLM.- The exhibition shows how home interiors and design styles have changed from one era to the next, and also how the image of the home as portrayed by artists has evolved. Artists became increasingly interested in painting domestic scenes as the home took on greater importance in western culture during the 18th and 19th centuries. The home became a critical issue for every social group, and artists were there to capture the manor homes of the aristocracy, the urban apartments of the well-to-do merchant class, and the humble farmers’ cottages. The exhibition illustrates how the artists’ view of the home as a place for a variety of activities – drinking tea, relaxing, playing cards, or baking bread – has changed over time. For example, Jean-Eric Rehn and Pehr Hilleström depicted the social life of aristocratic and bourgeois homes during the 18th century. Toward the end of the 19th century, artists such as Hanna Pauli and Carl Larsson often painted thei